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West arm. — The western part of Mortier bay narrows to an arm 

 900 yards broad, that decreases in breadth gradually to a bar at 1^ 

 miles from its entrance. 



Jonas rock, which covers 3 feet, lies 200 yards from the northern 

 entrance point, and is joined to it at low water; rocks extend 100 

 yards from the southern shore. From the bar, which is passable by 

 boats at high water, a narrow saltwater arm extends southwestward 

 5^ miles, and nearly joins the head of Burin inlet; there is a settle- 

 ment named Marytown on the banks. 



Anchorage. — Anchor in tliis arm in G to 9 fathoms of Avater, 

 over mud bottom. 



Communication. — The steamer from Placentia calls at Mary- 

 town weekly. 



The Tolt, a conspicuous conical hill 701 feet high, lies between 

 the long arm of Marytown and Little hsij. 



Little bay, entered northward of th6 slopes of Big head, extends 

 southward with a slight bend 1,900 yards, and then divides into two 

 arms; the southeastern deep inside, but blocked by islets and shoal 

 water, the southwestern shallow from the mouth. 



The bay is barred just within a shingle spit on the eastern shore, 

 but vessels drawing 13 feet of water can cross the bar at high water 

 springs by keeping the eastern shore close aboard, and may careen in 

 safety in the inner basin. 



Seal rock, which covers 3 feet at high water, bears 304° distant 

 500 yards from the eastern entrance head of Little bay, to which a 

 rock and shoal w^ater nearly connect it. A shoal extends in a direc- 

 tion 310° for 100 yards from Seal rock. 



Anchor in 8 fathoms w'ater, mud bottom, immediately within the 

 western entrance point, where the bay is 350 yards wide. 



Beaubois cove, southwestward of Mortier bay entrance, is 450 

 yards long, 200 yards wide, and affords good sheltered anchorage for 

 a few fishing craft in 2 fathoms of water. Islets lie in the entrance. 

 The church, a white wooden building, stands on a small hill just 

 northward of the harbor. To enter this cove keep the eastern shore 

 close aboard. 



Communication. — The steamer from Placentia calls at Beaubois 

 cove weekly. 



Blow-me-down sunker, bearing 42°, distant 600 yards from 

 Blow-me-down, has 15 feet of water over it and is steep-to. 



Clearing mark. — The extreme of Big head in line with the west- 

 ern end of the w^estern Saul island, bearing 344°, leads eastward of 

 this rock. 



Duricle cove, lies south-southwestward. distant 1,400 yards, and 

 Tides cove southward, distant 1 mile from Blow-me-down. Both 



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