312 CAPE BAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



Harbor cove, northward of the preceding cove and separated 

 from it by a promontory, 515 feet high, is f mile in extent and about 

 300 yards wide ; a shoal, Avith 2 fathoms water over it, extends south- 

 westward nearly 100 yards from the northeastern entrance point; and 

 a small bank, with 5 fathoms of water over it, extends a short distance 

 from the southern side of the narrowest part. 



Water can be obtained from a cascade which falls into the eastern 

 side, and from a considerable stream flowing into the head of the cove. 



The southeastern shore of North arm, northeastward of Harbor 

 cove, rises in wooded hills 300 to 400 feet high. In this part of North 

 arm the water is deep at a short distance from the shore; and there 

 is no convenient anchorage in it, except for small vessels. 



At the head is the mouth of a shallow stream, flowing through a 

 deep vallev. that extends many miles inland, between high ranges of 

 hills. 



Stowbridge head is a square mound, 87 feet high, situated on the 

 western side of a small shingle beach, on which are some houses. 



A black rock, 12 feet high, lies northwestward, 300 3^ards from 

 Stowbridge head ; from this rock the shore trends west -northwestward 

 and falls in small cliffs, with an outlying small islet 10 feet high. 



Liverpool brook flows into the bay at Ij^ miles from Stowbridge 

 head, and Liverpool cove, w^ith a few houses on its shores, is about ^ 

 mile farther westAvard. 



Anchorage can be obtained, with offshore winds, southward of 

 Liverpool brook, in 18 fathoms water. 



Parkes rock, bearing 192°, distant l^^ miles from the houses in 

 Liverpool cove, has 4^ fathoms of water over it, and 6 to 8 fathoms 

 for a short distance around. Bearing 184°, distant i mile from 

 Parkes rock, is a shoal with 6;^ fathoms of water over it. 



These shoals are on a bank extending in a northerly and southerly 

 direction 1,000 yards, with a width of 500 yards, and having depths 

 of 11 to 19 fathoms, with 23 to 75 fathoms at a short distance around. 



Buck head is the western point of Liverpool cove, and a shingle 

 beach extends from it, in a curve, to Crabb point, which point lies 

 westAvard, distant 2| miles from the head. 



Upper Crabb brook flows into the bay at 1 mile from Buck head; 

 several houses stand close to the mouth of the brook. 



A flat of sand and stones extends soutliAvard from the mouth of the 

 brook, and there are depths of 3 fathoms at 200 yards, and of 10 

 fathoms at 500 yards from the shore. 



Middle Crabb brook is Avestward 800 yards from Upper Crabb 

 brook, and at a shingle point projecting southward. 



A shoal, Avith 4^ fathoms water OA^er it, bears 161°, distant 500 

 yards from this point, the Avater deepening to 12 fathoms close south- 

 ward of the shoal. 



