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of stones is only about 50 yards in places, while toward the eastern 

 end it is rather more than ^ mile. Long stretches of the bank are 

 bare, but there are two extensive clumps of spruce trees as well as 

 some small patches of scrub. 



Three-quarters of a mile from the junction of this bank with the 

 main shore, and northward 200 yards from the beach, there is a patch 

 of stones which dries at low water, and shoal ground, which continues 

 east-northeastward for some 3 miles, extends for nearly ^ mile from 

 the beach; seaward of this the water deepens quickly to upward of 

 20 fathoms. Therefore, when navigating along this shore in fog, do 

 not decrease the depth to less than 12 fathoms. Toward the eastern 

 end of Flat island the deep w^^er closes the shore, and eastward of 

 Harbor point the 5-fathom line is onh^ 60 yards from the beach. 



Light. — A circular iron lighthouse, 35 feet high, and painted with 

 three red and two white horizontal bands, stands, on a concrete base, 

 at 100 yards within Harbor point, and exhibits, at 35 feet above 

 high water, a fixed white light, which should be seen from a distance 

 of 7 miles in clear weather. 



The keeper's dwelling is attached to the southern side of the light- 

 house and also painted in red and white bands. 



St. George harbor is situated at the head of St. George bay; 

 its entrance, between Harbor point on the south and Indian head on 

 the north, is 3 miles across, and its extent to the entrance of St. 

 George river is about 3 miles. 



Sandy point settlement stands on the wider part of Flat island, 

 near its eastern end, and it has a population of about 400 people, 

 who are chiefly employed in the fishing industry. 



Communication. — There is communication with Halifax by 

 steamer monthly during summer. St. George station of the New- 

 foundland railway is situated | mile southward of Turf point. The 

 mail trains, which run three times a week betwen St. Johns and 

 port aux Basques, stop at St. George. There is telegraphic communi- 

 cation. 



There is hotel accommodation of a kind at St. George for about 

 12 people. 



Supplies. — There are some stores at the settlement, and supplies of 

 fresh meat and vegetables can generally be obtained, either there or 

 at South side. 



Bank. — The flat sandy shore trends southwestward from Harbor 

 point and forms a slight curve, in which there are numerous fishing 

 stores and landing stages. A bank of sand and mud, dry at low 

 water, extends nearly 200 yards off this shore, and 150 yards off 

 Messervy point, which is distant about 1.400 yards from Harbor 

 point; it is steep-to. there being 5 fathoms water within 75 yards of 



