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foot of the cliffs, and off the western end of this there is a detached 

 rock, situated 250 yards from the shore, which dries 2 feet. 



Vessels should not approach this shore within 400 yards; at East- 

 ern head, however, it becomes very steep and may be approached 

 closely. 



The shore from Eastern head trends southeastAvard for 2^ miles 

 and then turns to the southward for 1 T % miles to Woody point. 

 There are several houses along the shore for f mile northward of 

 Woody point. 



Woody point is 54 feet high and projects from the higher land 

 behind, which here rises in steep slopes, more or less wooded and 

 broken by deep ravines. 



Woody Point village contains about 220 inhabitants; the English 

 and Roman Catholic churches on the slope southwestward of the point 

 are conspicuous; there are post and telegraph offices, schools, and 

 churches of various denominations. 



Wharves. Silver's and Halliburton's wharves are the best for a 

 vessel of any size to lie alongside, as their heads are in line, and to- 

 gether afford a length of 113 feet. 



Communication. The steamer from Bay of Islands calls at Woody 

 point weekly, and the steamer from Halifax calls monthly during 

 summer and autumn. 



There is a telegraph office at the village. 



South arm [Lat. 49 29' 30" N., Long. 57 54' 00" W.]. The 

 shore, on which are several houses, wharves, and fishing stages, 

 extends from Woody point south-southwestward about lyV miles to 

 a low flat stony spit at the mouth of a small stream ; off this spit the 

 water shoals a little and then deepens toward Hell cove. 



Birchy head, a birch-covered bluff on the western side, is 1 T % miles 

 above Hell cove. 



Foul point is on the eastern shore southeastward from Birchy head, 

 and at the foot of the slope from a cliffy summit, 1,180 feet high, 

 which rises steeply from the sea. A small rock, with 6 feet water 

 over it, lies westward rather more than 100 yards from the point, and 

 there are depths of 3 fathoms between, but otherwise there are 14 to 

 28 fathoms close to it. To avoid this rock keep toward the western 

 shore. The shores around the head of the arm are low and flat, and 

 mud banks occupy its middle for fully mile. The outer edges of 

 the banks are very steep, there being 10 fathoms within 100 feet of 

 the portion that dries at low water. 



East arm [Lat. 49 30' 45" N., Long. 57 49' 30" W.] extends 

 southeastward about 5 miles, and has a general width of about -fa 

 mile, with steep shores. It is entered through the Tickle, a channel 

 about 400 yards wide, between Gadds and Norris points. 



The eastern shore of East arm northwestward of Seal cove is 

 steep-to, and rises in bare stony slopes to a remarkable conical peak, 

 2,135 feet high, over which there is a rough track to the interior. 



Deer arm, the northern part of East arm, extends northward nearly 

 2 miles; inside a low sandy point at its head is a small basin, dry at 

 low water, and Deer brook, a stream from a large pond under the 

 mountains to the northward, flows into it. 



Deer arm does not afford convenient anchorage, as the water is too 

 deep, and it is subject to violent squalls, which blow from the sur- 

 rounding hills. 



