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islet 5 feet above high water. Within the entrance the harbor 

 expands to a basin 600 yards in diameter, with 5^ fathoms in the 

 middle, decreasing gradually in depth to the shore, except in the 

 southwestern corner. From this side a small arm extends to the 

 westward and is shallow to the entrance. A wooded islet about 40 

 feet high nearly joins Stearin rock to the south side of the entrance. 



Water may be procured from a brook at the head of the western 

 arm, but the approach is made difficult at low water by bowlders 

 lying off it. 



Nan point, 1,200 yards southeastward of the entrance to Little 

 Sandy harbor, is a small, sharp projection, steep-to. The intervening 

 coast consists of two small coves, with shingle beaches, between other- 

 wise rocky shores. 



Anchorag-e. — There is anchorage for large vessels, in 6 to 7 

 fathoms of water, but open to southerly winds, at 400 yards off the 

 coast between Little Sandy harbor and Nan point. 



Castle islet, a small square rock 13 feet high, lies close to the 

 shore off the north entrance point of Davis cove. 



Little Burgee island, 250 yards southeastward of Castle islet 

 and IJ miles southwestward of Bell island, is 900 yards long, 600 

 yards broad, and 227 feet high. It is flat in outline, faced by steep 

 cliffs, and has a small cove on the southern side. There is barely 

 passage for a boat between this island and the main at low water. 



A shoal, with 12 feet of water, lies 100 yards from the northeast- 

 ern end. 



Davis cove is entered south of Calls point, 1,000 yards southwest 

 from Castle islet. A rock that dries 4 feet lies 100 yards south of the 

 point. The cove is 600 yards wide and 200 yards deep and affords 

 good shelter to fishing craft with offshore winds. 



Water may be obtained from a large stream at the head. 



Coast. — The coast, which is wooded over brown cliffs, curves gen- 

 erally to the southwestward from Davis cove for a little more than 

 a mile to Butts hole, a small cove with a few houses round it, and a 

 rock that dries 6 feet at low water in the middle of it. A conspicuous 

 waterfall is situated on the south side of this cove. 



Parfrey point is ^ mile from Butts hole, and is a small projection, 

 105 feet high, faced by gray cliffs. Parfrey shoal, with 4J fathoms 

 water on it, bears 163°, distant 267 yards from this point. 



Burgeo island, 1,200 yards south-southwestward of Little Burgeo 

 island, and separated from the mainland by a clear channel 700 yards 

 wide, rises to a remarkable sharp peak 416 feet high, and two smaller 

 peaks to the southward of it, named Hare's ears, about 350 feet high. 

 The island is IjV miles long and i mile broad. The east shore is 

 steep-to, but a rock with 5 feet of water on it lies 100 yards from the 

 southern extreme. A cove 400 j'ards deep is situated on the west 



