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valleys, down niany of which streamlets run from ponds situated 

 between the hills. 



There are lead mines on the eastern shore of La Manche, and the 

 buildings show out prominentlj^ from the westward ; the ore is of very 

 fine quality, producing 82 per cent of metallic lead and a percentage 

 of silver. A wharf has been erected in a small cove below the mines 

 where small vessels can load, but the cove affords no shelter from 

 onshore winds. 



Anchorage may be obtained in 6 to 7 fathoms water, gravel bot- 

 tom, and fair holding ground, sheltered from winds from west-north- 

 west, through north and east, to south-southeast. 



La Manche head is a wooded head, forming the west point of 

 entrance. Some low rocks lie off' it, steep-to on the western side, and 

 about 200 yards from the shore. 



A rock that covers 5 feet lies 100 yards off the western shore, ^ mile 

 from La Manche head. 



Woody island, 92 feet high, is the southei-n of a group of islets 

 and rocks lying -off' the peninsula northwestward of La Manche, and 

 which divides that cove from Little Southern harbor. 



Grassy island, 65 feet high, is the northern of the group and is 

 faced by block cliffs; a rock, with 3 feet of water over it, bears 15°, 

 distant 100 yai'ds from the island. 



Between the group and the land are numerous sunken rocks and 

 shoals, leaving no passage. 



Winging rocks, bearing 330°, distant 800 yards from Grassy 

 island, are two barren rocks, the southern 30 feet, and the northern 5 

 feet, high. Sunken rocks lie between them; and a shoal, with 7 feet 

 water over it, 100 yards north-northeastward of the northern rock. 



Little Southern Harbor entrance is between Grassy island and 

 Winging rocks and the harbor extends northward IJ miles. Rocks 

 that cover extend 200 yards off that part of the peninsula forming the 

 southeastern entrance point, and a rock that breaks lies 150 yards off 

 the northwestern entrance point, leaving a passage 400 j'ards wide be- 

 tween them. The northwestern point slopes from Butler head, a 

 round wooded summit faced on the north*&rn side b}^ steep cliffs, and 

 201 feet high. Both sides of the harbor have detached rocks off them, 

 but they may be approcahecl to within 200 yards, and the head of the 

 harbor shoals 300 yards from high-water mark. 



Anchorage may be obtained anywhere within the line of the 

 points, but the best holding ground is in 7 fathoms water, gravel bot- 

 tom, just beyond a deep cove on the northwestern shore. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Little Southern 

 harbor at 9h. 30m.; springs rise approximately 8 feet. 



Great Southern harbor is entered northward of Butler head, 

 and is separated from the head of Little Southern harbor by an 



