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Chimney Cove head is a slight projection, 450 feet high, with 

 a perpendicuhir cliff on its southwestern side; eastward, toward the 

 river valley, it falls in a conspicuous green slope extending from 

 summit to base. 



Immediately southeastward of the head is Chimney cove, into 

 which Gregory river falls; this is a small shallow stream, flowing 

 from the hilly country inland, and barred by stones and bowlders that 

 dry. On the southeastern side of the entrance is a low spit of sand 

 and shingle on which are several huts, and there are also a few houses 

 on the green slopes behind. 



Fair anchorage can be obtained off Chimney cove, with southerly 

 and southeasterly winds, in 12 to 14 fathoms of water. 



The coast from Chimnej^ Cove head trends northward to cape 

 St. Gregory, a distance of 1 mile, and is composed of cliffs fronted by 

 rocks, some of which are 20 feet high. 



Cape St. Gregory is a shelf of level ground, about 200 yards 

 wide, projecting from the higher cliffs, and its cliffs are 75 feet high. 

 It is steep-to, but during heavy weather there is a very high confused 

 sea, and then small vessels should keep at least 2 miles off shore. 



The coast from cape St. Gregory trends about northeastward for 

 5 miles to Big Cove head, and is composed of high cliffs, behind 

 which are wooded hills and deep ravines. In the vicinity of Ren- 

 contre cove, a small bight at 1| miles from cape St. Gregory, a con- 

 spicuous cliff, nearly 1,000 feet high, recedes a little from the fore- 

 shore and terminates in a series of white rocky hills. 



There are few places available for landing, the best being at Een- 

 contre cove, where boats may land safely in any weather, except dur- 

 ing strong westerly winds. 



Big Cove head is 820 feet high, and rises almost perpendicularly 

 from the sea. From the head the coast trends northeastward for 

 If miles to Trout River entrance, and the land behind it is high, 

 culminating in a sunmiit, 1,040 feet high, the eastern side of which 

 slopes quickly down toward Trout river. 



Soundings. — The coast between cape St. Gregory and Trout river 

 is steep-to, the 20-fathom contour line being about f mile distant 

 nearly to Big Cove head ; it then runs off the land, forming a bank, 

 1 to 4 miles wide, which stretches west-northwestward about 4| 

 miles. 



Bearing 248°, distant 1,600 yards from Big Cove head, and rather 

 more than ^ mile from the shore, there is a small patch of 10 

 fathoms, with 11 to 15 fathoms around, and bearing 355°, distant 

 2^-Q miles from the head is Trout River rock, a patch with 13 

 fathoms of water over it and 22 to 24 fathoms around. Both these 

 rocks are resorts of the local fishermen, and, during fine weather, 

 numbers of boats anchor near them. 



