NO. 12 THE WINELAND VOYAGES — SWANTON 65 



and New Haven, Conn., has yielded the following estuaries witli inner 

 expansions that might be regarded as lakes : 



Scarboro River, Me., S feet over the bar at mean low tide; depth inside not 

 given. 



Hampton River, N. H., 3 feet over the bar ; 20 feet inside. 



Entrance of Merrimack River, Mass., 9 feet over the bar according to small- 

 scale map, and i6i on large-scale map, but the U. S. Coast Pilot says that the 

 bar shifts and that the depth of water over it at mean low tide varies from 9 

 to 12 feet. The depth inside is lo-ii feet until one gets to Newburyport, when 

 it is 12 to 18 feet. 



Parker River and Plum Island Sound, Mass., 6 feet over the bar; 20 feet 

 inside. 



Essex River, Mass., 8 fee^ over the bar ; 19 feet inside. , 



Barnstable Harbor, Mass., 5 feet over the bar; 19 feet inside. 



Nauset Harbor, Mass., 6 feet over the bar; inside depth not given. 



Chatham Harbor, Mass., 5 feet over the bar ; 14 feet inside. 



Mashpee River, Mass., 3 feet over the bar ; 12 feet inside. 



Slocums River, Mass., 2 feet over the bar; 7-8 feet inside. 



The following information regarding these inlets is extracted from 

 the U. S. Coast Pilot guide : 



Spurwink and Scarboro Rivers, on the north side of the bight, can be entered 

 only by small craft at half tide or higher with a smooth sea. They are seldom 

 entered. [P. 211.] 



Hampton Harbor, or Hampton River, a shallow stream used only by very 

 small local craft, lies i^ miles southwestward of Great Boars Head. The en- 

 trance is not safe for strangers. [P. 225.] 



The entrance (of Newburyport Harbor, chart 331) is obstructed by a shifting 

 bar, with 9 to 12 feet (2.7 to z-7 n^-) over it (according to the condition of the 

 bar), which is dangerous to cross in heavy weather .... Jetties with an 

 opening 1,000 feet wide between the ends have been built from both points at 

 the entrance out to the bar. [P.225.] 



Plum Island Sound (chart 1206) "is the approach to several small rivers and 

 villages and is frequented by many small craft. Vessels seldom enter. It had 

 a depth in 1926 of about 5 feet (1.5 m.) at low water across the bar." — Plum 

 Island River "is bare at low water." — "Parker River, emptying into the north 

 end of Plum Island Sound from westward, has a depth of about 5 feet (1.5 m.) 

 in a very narrow channel to a fixed bridge at Newberry Old Town, \\ miles 

 above the entrance. . . The river is navigable by small craft for several miles 

 above Newberry Old Town, but is little used." [Pp. 228-229.] 



Essex Bay and River (Chart 243) lie midway between Ipswich and An- 

 nisquam Lighthouses. The entrance is over a shifting bar, over which a depth 

 of about 3 or 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 m.) can be carried at low water through a 

 narrow buoyed channel. The river is navigable to the town of Essex, 4 miles 

 above its mouth, through a narrow dredged channel about 6 feet (1.8 m.) deep 

 at low water. Vessels of 12-foot draft (3.7 m.), with local knowledge have 

 been taken over the bar to an anchorage inside the entrance. [P. 229.] 



Barnstable Harbor. ... It is used by many local fishing boats but is seldom 



