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when the stream turns abruptly to the eastward, under a high wooded 

 cliff. 



The village is situated on both sides of the stream, just inside the 

 entrance, but the larger number of houses is on the western side. 

 The population is about 200, all of whom are engaged in fishing and 

 farming. 



There is a church, school, and post-office. Crabbs station of the 

 Newfoundland railway is on the left bank of the river 2^ miles from 

 the mouth. There is a rough road to the southern side of St. George 

 harbor. 



Barachois brook, northeastward, 2 miles from Crabb brook, is 

 very shallow, and has a stony bar that is nearly dry at low water; 

 the coast between is composed of sand cliffs, rising at one point to 

 a height of 190 feet ; some fishermen live on its shores. 



Robinson brook, the entrance to which lies ^ mile northeastward 

 from Barachois brook, has also a stony bar, which is nearly dry at 

 low water. Inside, between the sloping sides of the river vallej^, are 

 numerous flat, marshy islets, through which the stream runs in nar- 

 row channels. The village, with a population of about 200, stands 

 on the eastern side of the entrance; there is a church and school, 

 and the inhabitants are chiefly engaged in fishing and farming. 



Good coal is said to have been discovered at about 9 miles inland 

 from the village. There is a small patch of 5 fathoms, with 6 and 

 7 fathoms of water around it, -J mile offshore, between Barachois and 

 Bobinson brooks. The bottom is generally stony off this coast and 

 affords only temporary anchorage. 



Communication. — There is a post-office at the village. Eobin- 

 sons station of the Newfoundland railway is on the left bank of 

 Eobinson brook 2 miles from the mouth. A road runs to the settle- 

 ment at Sandy point, which is 26 miles distant. 



Robinson head. — From the northern side of Robinson brook, the 

 coast, of clay and sand cliffs, rises gradually toward Robinson head, 

 distant f mile northeastward. The western summit of the head 

 is a little peak of white sand, with some grass and a few stunted 

 trees on its landward side, where it falls steeply "to a hollow in which 

 there are two small ponds. Thence the slope rises again, turning a 

 little southeastward and culminating in a flat-topped hill, 244 feet 

 high. Inside this there is a short saddle, when the land rises to a 

 grassy summit, 276 feet high. The seaward face of the slope is com- 

 posed of alternating patches or strips of white sand and dark brush- 

 wood, which makes this part of the coast conspicuous from any 

 direction. 



Eastward of the hill, 244 feet high, the land falls to Stinking cove, 

 an angle in the shore, in which there is a small lobster factory. From 



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