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Lower Crabb brook, a large stream flowing into the bay at a dis- 

 tance of 800 yards eastward of Crabb point, and at the western end 

 of the shingle beach, drains a deep valley which extends inland to the 

 foot of the northern slope of mount St. Gregory; several houses 

 stand close to its mouth. 



A bank, with less than 3 fathoms of water over it, extends 335 

 yards from the shore eastward of the mouth of Lower Crabb brook; 

 the depth then increases suddenly from 7 to 30 fathoms at a farther 

 distance of 200 yards off the shore. 



Crabb point rises in low dark cliffs to a small wooded hillock, 215 

 feet high, the southern end of a long stony ridge that extends north- 

 ward and culminates in mount St. Gregory. This is the turning point 

 into the Bay of Islands. A rock lies close southward of it. 



The coast from Crabb point trends northwestward lyV miles, then 

 north-northwestward 2f miles to Beverley cove, whence it continues 

 northward If miles to Xorth head of the Bay of Islands. 



Davis cove lies north-northwestward 2^ miles from Crabb point 

 and between Lower Gull rock, 22 feet high, and the Friar, 60 feet 

 high, which are nearly 1,200 yards apart ; a considerable stream flows 

 through the shingle beach at its head. The cove is a resort of fisher- 

 men during summer, who erect temporary huts there. 



Beverley cove, a semicircular basin 100 yards in diameter, situ- 

 ated north-northwestward nearly 1| miles from Lower Gull rock, is 

 shallow and surrounded by black rock, except in a small creek imme- 

 diately eastward of the southern entrance point, where boats moor, 

 sheltered by a reef extending nearly across the entrance; it is fre- 

 quented by fishermen during summer. 



The Green Handkerchief, a remarkable grassy sward on the cliff 

 700 yards northward from Beverley cove, is conspicuous from sea- 

 ward, being bright green during summer and yellowish during spring 

 and autumn: a similar but much smaller swarcl is situated a short 

 distance northward of the Green Handkerchief. 



Waterfall. — A conspicuous waterfall flows over dark black cliffs 

 -| mile southward of North head, and from the mouth of this stream 

 a rocky ledge, that nearly dries, extends 150 yards, and makes land- 

 ing difficult for boats. A small headland, with dark cliff, in which at 

 some height is a large cave, lies between the waterfall and the shingle 

 beach extending to North head ; two small streams flow through the 

 shingle beach. 



North head, a Ioat red earth cliff, 54 feet high, fronts a marshy 

 plateau, that is generally green in summer, at the foot of the slope 

 from mount St. Gregory ; it is fringed by bowlders that uncover, ex- 

 tending to a distance of 200 yards, shoal water continuing for 300 

 yards farther; on this shelf are two rocks, with 2 feet of water over 

 them, bearing 274°, distant 400 yards from North head. 



