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northwestward; and Woman point, the apparent northeastern ex- 

 treme of Middle arm, open northward of Black head, the apparent 

 southern extreme of that arm, bearing 87°, leads northward. 



Outer Shag rock, eastward, distant f mile from the northern 

 Puffin island, is a round dark islet 18 feet high, with foul ground 

 extending about west-northwestward, 350 yards from it. 



The passage between Outer Shag rock and Woods island has sev- 

 eral rocks in it, and must not be attempted. 



The shore of the bay from Maciver point trends about northward 

 3x% miles to Middle Arm point, and the channel between it and 

 Woods island, which is nearly a mile wide, is clear, giving a sufficient 

 berth to the shoals extending off the island. 



Middle Arm point slopes from a long wooded ridge, and falls in 

 small cliffs ; there is deep water close to it ; a small bight, in which are 

 a pinnacle rock and a waterfall, lies immediately southward of the 

 point. Black head bears east-northeastward, distant ^ mile from 

 Middle Arm point. 



Middle arm (formerly South arm) is nearly 1 mile wide at its 

 entrance within Black and Northern heads; from the entrance it 

 extends with a greatest breadth of 1^ miles for 5^ miles in an easterly 

 direction to Penguin head, and there separates into two branches. 

 Goose arm and Penguin arm. 



Jennings cove, east-southeastward 1^ miles from Black head, is 

 800 yards deep, but its shores are foul generally for 200 yards from 

 the high-water line. A few houses are situated on the shore of the 

 cove, which is much resorted to for bait by the men fishing off the 

 mouth of the bay. 



Anchorage can be obtained, in depths of 10 to l-t fathoms water, 

 in the middle of the cove, but at 200 yards from the head the depth 

 decreases rapidly from 6 to 3 fathoms. The cove is frequented by 

 schooners. 



Cox cove (French cove) is separated from Jennings cove by Cox 

 point, and it affords temporary anchorage in 16 fathoms of water, 

 but a considerable sea sets in during strong easterly winds ; there are 

 a few houses on the beach. 



Parkes cove, southeastward 1^ miles from Cox point, affords 

 anchorage, there being a depth of 20 fathoms of water at 800 yards 

 from the shore, which gradually decreases to the shoal water extend- 

 ing from the beach. 



AVater can be obtained from two streams which flow into the cove. 



Long point, the western entrance point to Goose arm, situated 

 northeastward, 2y^o miles from Parkes cove, is the low termination of 

 a densely wooded round hill, 960 feet high, and bold-to. 



Goose arm, extending east-southeastward 2f miles, and thence 

 northeastward for 4i miles, is a little more than ^ mile wide in its 



