“ Said above beginning point being on a line running, § 75°39' E, 3,500.0 feet more or less from, the present Steamboat Channel (thalweg) of the Mississippi River; thence N 75°39', W, 645.8 feet to point; thence N 75°54' W, 2,112.0 feet to a point; thence N 17°18' W, 920.4 feet to a point; thence N 35°25' W, 436.3 feet to a point; thence N 62°36' W, 491.3 feet to a point, designated as Station No. 2; thence § 85°53' W, 2,161.6 feet to a point; thence § 82°00' W, 1,443.3 feet to a point; thence N 87°38' W, 2,739.7 feet to a point; thence § 79°35' W, 1,808.5 feet to a point ”