672 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA. 



a small cove, into which a streamlet flows, and the stripes of quartz 

 show as far as North Arm point, a distance of 1 miles. This shore 

 is foul for 350 yards off it. 



Eagle island, westward, 1| miles from Northern head, is 600 yards 

 long in a northerly and southerly direction, and 112 feet high. 



Fisherman rock lies in the channel between the mainland and Eagle 

 island, with North Arm point bearing 21, distant nearly 1,400 yards, 

 and has 2 feet of water over it. 



A shoal, with 17 feet of water over it, lies nearly in mid-channel 

 between Eagle island and the mainland, with the northern end of 

 Eagle island bearing 277, distant mile. 



North arm [Lat. 49 12' 00" N., Long. 58 07' 00" W.] entrance is 

 between North Arm point and Stowbridge head, which bear north- 

 northeasterly and south-southwesterly, distant nearly 2 miles from 

 each other, and the arm extends eastward 3 miles, and then north- 

 eastward 4 miles. 



Crabb point [Lat. 49 14' 00" N., Long. 58 12' 15" W.] rises in 

 low dark cliffs to a small wooded hillock, 215 feet high, the southern 

 end of a long stony ridge that extends northward and culminates in 

 mount St. Gregory. This is the turning point into the Bay of 

 Islands. A rock lies close southward of it. 



The coast from Crabb point trends northwestward 1^ miles, then 

 north-northwestward 2f miles to Beverley cove, whence it continues 

 northward If miles to North head of the Bay of Islands. 



North, head [Lat. 49 18' 50" N., Long. 58 15' 10" W.], a low red 

 earth cliff, 54 feet high, fronts a marshy plateau, that is generally 

 green in summer, at the foot of the slope from mount St. Gregory; 

 it is fringed by bowlders that uncover, extending to a distance of 200 

 yards, shoal water continuing for 300 yards farther; on this shelf 

 are two rocks, with 2 feet of water over them, bearing 274, distant 

 400 yards from North head. 



Population. The residents of the Bay of Islands are of mixed 

 nationality, comprising descendants of deserters from French vessels 

 of war, former inhabitants of the east coast of Newfoundland (prin- 

 cipally of Irish descent) , and natives of Nova Scotia, the last named 

 being employed principally at sawmills. 



The coast from North head trends northward nearly 4 miles to 

 Chimney Cove head and is a stony beach, fringed with rocky ledges, 

 backed by a steep clay bank, behind which rise the slopes of mount 

 St. Gregory and the hills falling from it. The rocky ledge extends 

 generally to a distance of about 200 yards from the beach, but near 

 North head it extends 300 yards, and southward f mile from Chimney 

 cove it extends 400 yards. At Shoal cove, mile from North head, 

 there are some buildings used as a lobster factory. 



Chimney Cove head is a slight projection, 450 feet high, with a 

 perpendicular cliff on its southwestern side; eastward, toward the 

 river valley, it falls in a conspicuous green slope extending from 

 summit to base. 



The coast from Chimney Cove head trends northward to cape St. 

 Gregory, a distance of 1 mile, and is composed of cliffs fronted by 

 rocks, some of which are 20 feet high. 



Cape St. Gregory [Lat. 49 23' 50" N., Long. 58 13' 45" W.] is 

 a shelf of level ground, about 200 yards wide, projecting from the 

 higher cliffs, and its cliffs are 75 feet high. It is steep-to, but during 



