274 CAPE KAY TO CAPE BAULI). 



this cove to Fishels brook, distant 5 miles to the northeastward, the 

 shore consists of sand and clay cliffs, 80 to 113 feet high, and the 

 land behind of slight elevation with marshy flats or barrens sepa- 

 rating low, densely wooded ridges. 



Three small stream, known respectively as Red brook. Seal brook, 

 and Rattling brook, cause breaks in the cliffy shore, which is fronted 

 by a stony beach having off it numerous ice-deposited stones and 

 bowlders that make landing at low water, even in fine weather, diffi- 

 cult for ordinary boats. 



Here and there, behind the cliff's, are cottages and strips of culti- 

 vated land. 



Fishels brook rises in the mountain range some 12 miles inland 

 and flows into the sea between a steep bank, 130 feet high, on its 

 eastern side, and a long, stony spit, on which are some houses, pro- 

 jecting from the higher land on the western side. The entrance is 

 very narrow and, at low water, nearly dry; inside, there is a small 

 deep pool, above which numerous banks of stones and shingle occupy 

 the bed of the stream. 



From a little over a mile off this brook a ridge of rocky, uneven 

 ground extends toward Bank head. Its western portion, with 7 to 9 

 fathoms water over it, is outside the 10-fathom contour line, and 

 there are depths of 10 to 12 fathoms around it. Eastward, the bank 

 inclines a little toward the shore, the depth over it varying from 6 

 to 9 fathoms. 



Bank head lies 2f miles northward from Fishels Brook entrance, 

 the coast between being a continuation of the sandy cliffs to the south- 

 westward, which, however, are in this locality somewhat higher and 

 fronted by a wider beach of stones. Barry brook. Middle brook, and 

 Journois brook, the last being 1 mile from Bank head, are three 

 brooks which flow through deep valleys in this coast to the sea. Half 

 a mile northward from Journois brook the cliff rises to its summit, 

 156 feet high. This cliff', which is conspicuous, is, strictly speaking, 

 Bank head, but the w^iole of the neighboring locality is generally so 

 named. 



Behind the head there are some small ponds and several detached 

 ridges of moderate elevation, separated by barrens, that so frequently 

 occur in this country, and reaching to the foot of the range, which 

 trends southwestward at a distance of about 12 miles inland. Several 

 of the summits of this range are very conspicuous. There is one, 13^ 

 miles southeastward from Robinson head, which reaches a height 

 of 1,764 feet, and, from the northward, appears saddle-shaped. 



The coast. — Northeastward, ^ mile from the summit of Bank 

 head, the sandy cliff ceases abruptly, and the coast then rises to a 

 low conical sand hill, eastward of which is Bank Head cove, a small 

 bight. Here there are a few cottages and fish stores, and landing can 



