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farther northward, is 72 feet high and separated from the western 

 shore by the deepest channel leading to the head of the bay. 



Hocks. — Big rock, Bell rock, and Flat rock (named from their 

 shapes) are the highest heads of a reef extending about 900 yards 

 in a northerly and southerly direction lying in the entrance to Garia 

 bay westward of Deer island. Big rock is 18 feet high and Bell 

 rock 5 feet high. 



Brag rock, about 65 yards eastAvard of Flat rock, has 2 feet of water 

 over it. 



The Bull, the Calf, and the Cow, three rocks showing only at low- 

 water springs, lie about 400 yards westward from the northern part 

 of Deer island. 



Garia harbor is a small cove with numerous rocks in it, on the 

 Avestern side of Garia bay just inside the entrance. There is a small 

 settlement here; the northeasternmost house, standing on a small 

 eminence above the other houses, is the school. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Garia harbor at 8h. 

 50m.; springs rise 5^ feet, neaps 3f feet; neaps range 2 feet. 



Wreck island, soutliAvard about f mile from the western entrance 

 point of Garia bay, is 35 feet high, and covered with grass ; there are 

 tAvo rocky mounds near its northwestern end. Wreck island sunkers 

 are rocks that extend soutliAvard nearly ^ mile from Wreck island; 

 and Offer Gob rock, bearing 208°, distant f mile from Wreck island 

 summit, has 15 feet of water over it. 



Hatcher's cove, a small bight completely open to the southward, 

 lies close AvestAvard of the entrance to Garia bay. The eastern part 

 of the cove is fidl of rocks, but there is good anchorage for small craft 

 in the remainder, in 6 to 11 fathoms water. 



There is a small black rock oif the eastern entrance point, and one 

 that dries at Ioav Avater close to the western entrance point. 



Garia bay — Directions — From the eastAvard. — Give Black rock 

 off Little la Poile a berth of ^ mile and bring the northeastern end of 

 Big Seal island and the southwestern end of Wreck island in line, 

 bearing 277°, which mark leads southward of Flarpoon shoal. This 

 shoal, which has 25 feet water over it, is the southern shoal in this 

 locality and bears 133°, distant 1^^^ miles from the southwestern end 

 of Indian island. The southern end of Big Seal island, Avell open 

 southward of Wreck island, bearing 268°, leads southward of Tinker 

 rocks, a patch lying southeastward about a mile from Indian island. 



Eastern channel. — This channel, being only 100 yards Avide in 

 its entrance, Avith a depth of 21 feet water, is suitable for small ves- 

 sels. Having the northeastern end of Big Seal island and the south- 

 Avestern end of AVreck island in line, when Smock island is open west- 

 ward of the eastern entrance point of Garia bay, bearing 316°, keep 

 this mark on until 200 Awards off the soutliAvestern end of Indian 



