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Seal cove, on the northern shore of Middle arm, at 1^ miles within 

 Northern head, is an indentation extending 400 yards to the north- 

 ward, but affords no shelter, as shoal water extends 250 yards from 

 its head. 



Northern head of Middle arm rises in a steep cliff about 300 feet 

 high, and is streaked with curiously' thin stripes of quartz following 

 the stratification, Avhich is much contorted. The shore from the head 

 curves northward round a small cove, into which a streamlet flows, 

 and the stripes of quartz show as far as North Arm point, a distance 

 of 1^ miles. This shore is foul for 350 yards off it. 



Eagle island, westward, 1| miles from Northern head, is 600 

 yards long in a northerly and southerly direction, and 112 feet high. 

 The western side is composed of steep cliffs, striped vertically with 

 red and gray rock, and near its northern end is a conspicuous mass of 

 sandstone, projecting from the rock forming the body of the island; 

 the eastern coast rises steeply in a grassy sward from a shingle beach. 



Low rocks and shoals extend 200 yards from the northern and 

 southern ends of the island. 



Fisherman rock lies in the channel between the mainland and 

 Eagle island, with. North Arm point bearing 21°, distant nearly 1,400 

 yards, and has 2 feet of w^ater over it. 



A shoal, with 17 feet of water over it, lies nearly in mid-channel 

 between Eagle island and the mainland, with the northern end of 

 Eagle island bearing 277°, distant ^ mile. 



Seal head, open southward of a cliff southeastward of Northern 

 head, bearing 119°, leads southward; and the cliff at Stowbridge 

 head, open westward of North Arm point, bearing 32°, leads north- 

 westward of Fisherman rock and the shoal. 



Cox point, just open of Northern head, bearing 142°, leads between 

 the 17-foot shoal and Fisherman rock. 



North arm entrance is between North Arm point and Stowbridge 

 head, which bear north-northeasterly and south-southwesterly, distant 

 nearly 2 miles from each other, and the arm extends eastward 3^ 

 miles, and then northeastward 4 miles. 



North Arm cove lies east-southeastward ^ mile from North Arm 

 point, and there is a beach of shingle at its head. 



Anchorage in the cove is not good, but small vessels anchor for a 

 short stay, in 14 fathoms water, off the middle of the cove, the water 

 shoaling quickly thence to the beach. 



An open cove is situated on the southern side of North arm, 4r| 

 miles eastward from North xVrm point; a rocky bank, with 6 fathoms 

 water over it, lies at its entrance and distant 400 yards from the north- 

 ern shore ; and a shoal, with depths of 5 to 7 fathoms water over it, 

 extends from the southern shore at 5 mile from the head. 



