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water. A rock that covers lies off the western point of the channel, 

 and another nearly 100 yards from a large bowlder at the foot of the 

 cliff on the southern side of the passage. No vessel should attempt 

 this channel without a pilot. 



Castle island, 36 feet high and covered with grass, lies off the 

 western point of this passage, with shoal water between. The beach, 

 of shingle, is just south of this point and is backed by a row of 

 houses. 



Oderin harbor is entered from the west side of the island and 

 nearly divides it. Chimne}^ rocks, of which the shoalest has 1 foot 

 on it at low water, lie outside the harbor, nearly in the middle of 

 the approach, and there is no passage between them and that part 

 of the island to the southward. 



Spurrier point, north of the entrance, is a grassy peninsula 20 feet 

 high, from which the harbor extends 1,400 yards eastward, and' 

 then, with a sharp bend, 400 yards northeast by north. The Bread- 

 box, a small rock that covers, lies close to the west extreme of Spur- 

 rier jioint. The northern shore is cliffy, and the southern slopes 

 from wooded hills, the highest of which, 255 feet above high water, 

 has a flat summit, with a steep fall to the westward. Two small 

 islands are situated 400 yards within Spurrier point, and are nearly 

 steep-to on the east and south sides. A rock that covers at high 

 water bears 143°, distant 200 yards from the inner of the two islands, 

 and is nearly connected to the south shore by rocks above and below 

 water. The Episcopal church, with a square tower, stands on the 

 north shore, and the Roman Catholic church, with a spire, is situated 

 on the dividing point of the bends of the harbor, and a considerable 

 settlement is built round the shores. 



The Breeches is a shoal rock, with two heads close together, 

 bearing 273°, distant 250 yards from the point on which the Roman 

 Catholic church stands, and nearly in the fairway of the approach 

 to the inner part of the harbor. The water is shoal between the 

 Breeches and the south shore of the harbor, but a safe passage may 

 be obtained by keeping the north shore on board. 



Directions. — To enter Oderin harbor, shut in the Episcopal 

 church with Spurrier point, bearing about 92°, and pass that point 

 at 50 yards, and the same distance southward of the islets. To clear 

 Breeches rock and enter the inner part of the harbor, keep the 

 northern shore aboard. 



Anchorag'e. — Anchor in T fathoms water in Ship cove, just east- 

 ward of the islets, or inside the rock that covers; or in small craft at 

 the head in 3 to 4 fathoms. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Oderin harbor at 

 8h. Cm. ; neaps rise 5 feet. 



