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of Beech point. The muddy area comes in from the outer bay between Grover and 

 Bunbury islands, widens out in the Inner bay, where it is encroached upon by the 

 Middle Ground shoals and finally narrows down towards the mouth of Shipyard river. 

 Oyster beds are found in that portion of the area, around the Middle Ground shoals and 

 in that which lies between these shoals and the Shipyard river. They are, however, 

 not very numerous. 



In the Big bay (that part of the bay south of the line joining Charles point (cape 

 Malpeque) and the north end of Bunbury island, the sandy area sweeps south along 

 the Curtain islands, over to Beech point and on past Oyster cove to the Indian river. 

 Thence it continues along the south shore past the Barbara Weit and Plat rivers to 

 Shemody creek, from which it extends along the west shore to Charles point. As in 

 the Inner bay, this area is everywhere of considerable width, but is especially wide in 

 isome places. This is particularly the case off Bentinck (Fraser's) point where the 

 Bentinck shoals stretch out far into the bay and are separated from the point by a 

 quite shallow channel. Rocky areas ^re found, in this part of the bay, west of Bun- 

 bury and Curtain islands, south of Beech point, off Taylor's, Chichester (Mill's), and 

 Webber's (Townsend's) points, and from Charles point well down towards Bentinck 

 point. The deeper muddy portion enters between Charles point and Bunbury islniul 

 and extends towards the Indian and Barbara Weit rivers, sending off a long spur to 

 the mouth of the Shemody creek. Oyster beds are numerous, widely distributed and 

 extensive in this part of the bay. 



In the Outer bay (that part of the bay north of Charles point, Bunbury island 

 and Grover island) a sandy area extends from Royalty point past Princetown point 

 to Grover island, a very extensive area stretches out to the north and northwest from 

 Bunbury island, a third reaches from Charles point to the mouth of the Grand river, 

 while another wide area lies along the west shore from the Grand river past Bald, 

 Red, and Gillies (Low) points into the narrows between Lennox island and the main- 

 land. Further and very extensive sand areas lie south from Middle (Bird), George 

 (Hog), and Bill Hook (Fish) islands. The areas last mentioned, interrupted by 

 channels of moderate depth, are continued into the shoals known as the Horseshoe 

 shoals. In this part of the bay the rocky stretches are larger than those previously 

 mentioned in this report. Extensive rocky areas are given off from the north of 

 Grover and Bunbury island and Charles point, and also south from George island. 

 Less extensive areas lie out from Campbell's pond on the west shore, in an area half- 

 way between Charles point and the mouth of the Grand river, and also out from Bald 

 point between the Grand river and Gillies point. The deeper portion of the bay 

 enters between Bill Llook island and Royalty point, runs south of the Horseshoe 

 shoals and, after giving off the two branches already referred to as entering the Inner 

 and Big bays, and also a third running to the Narrows and the mouths of the Bide- 

 ford and Trout rivers, continues southwesterly to the Grand river. Oyster beds do 

 not occur in the deep muddy portions of this part of the bay although they do occur 

 on the sandy area running out from Bunbury island. 



The sandy areas are covered with eel-grass out to depths of 8, 10 or 12 feet. Tlic 

 rocky areas usually have a covering of seaweed. 



It should be understood that the transition from the sand areas to the mud areas 

 is a gradual one. 



K-VTKNT OF LKVHL PORTIONS AND OF BANKS AND DEEP GULLlES. 



The whole bay is remarkably level, and as a rule there are few rapid changes in 

 depth. The deep channels have been referred to in the paragraphs dealing with the 

 nature of the bottom. The channel enters the bay between Bill Hook island and 

 Royalty point, runs westward south of the Horseshoe shoals to a point north of Bun- 

 bury island. Here the four branches mentioned above radiate. One enters the inner 

 bay between Grover and Bunbury islands and passing south of the Middle Ground 

 shoals reaches the Shipyard river. Another extends west of Bunbury island south- 



