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head, surinouiited by mossy hills 320 feet high, falls in sharp cliffs 

 to the southward, but in wooded slopes to the northward ; the two 

 northern hills being connected to each other and to the highest part 

 by two low necks of land covered with grass. 



Great Gallows or St. Joseph harbor, on the northwestern 

 side of Gallows Harbor headland, is entered between a low^ point sur- 

 rounded by bowlders, close off which is a black rock that covers at 

 high water, on the southeastern side, and Sams head, a narrow point 

 sloping from a steep bluff, on the northwestern side. The harbor, 500 

 yards across, has a few houses round its shores and affords good 

 anchorage in 7^ fathoms of water, mud bottom. 



A bank with 7 feet least water over it bears 241°, distant 500 yards 

 from Sams head, and the summit of Cross island, shut in with the 

 rocks of Mouse island, bearing 247°, leads southeastward of it. 



Gallows Harbor island, about ^ mile long, lies ^ mile west- 

 ward of Gallows Harbor head, and has a wooded summit 257 feet 

 high. The water is deep to within a short distance of the shores. 



Jigging cove, entered 600 yards north-northwestward of Sams 

 head, extends northward 600 yards; the entrance is 200 yards wide, 

 and the cove expands within to 300 yards in breadth. A rock with 7 

 feet water over it lies a short distance from the western entrance 

 point. Small craft anchor in 5 fathoms of water, mud bottom, with 

 good shelter. 



Mouse island, 35 feet high, and covered with grass over black 

 rock, lies between Gallows Harbor island and the mainland north- 

 westward of it, leaving a clear passage 400 yards wide between the 

 islands, but none between it and the mainland. 



Steering rocks, 14 feet high, lie close to the shore off a slight 

 indentation north of Mouse island. A rock with 5 feet of water bears 

 93°, distant 300 yards from the highest of the Steering rocks. 



Little harbor, northwestward 1^ miles from Great Gallows 

 harbor, extends northward 1,200 yards and is about 200 yards in 

 width, but narrowed at a short distance within the entrance by a rock 

 off a shingle point. Fishing craft anchor with tolerable shelter in 

 If fathoms water off a small settlement. 



Burnt island, J mile west of Little harbor, lies close off the 

 mainland, and shelters a small cove frequented by fishing boats. The 

 coast between Little harbor and this cove is rugged and much in- 

 dented. A shoal lies just each of the island a short distance from 

 the mainland, but the island is bold-to on the south and west sides. 



Holloway passage, between Burnt and Cross islands, is 500 

 yards wide, clear of danger, and deep. 



Bay de I'Eau head, immediately northwestward of Burnt island, 

 rises steeply to an isolated hill 227 feet high, covered with moss ; it is 

 bold-to. 



