320 CAPE RAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



which is about If miles long, and quite dry at low water; a small 

 river, in which the salmon fishing is said to be good, flows into its 

 head from a series of ponds a short distance inland. 



Basin. — At f mile northeastward of the entrance of the barachois 

 is a narrow, deep, and clear passage leading into the head of East 

 arm, which is an oval basin, f mile long, nearly -} mile wide, and 

 affords good sheltered anchorage in 13 to 18 fathoms water; the best 

 berth is on the western side at about 600 yards inside the entrance. 



A small river flows into the head of this basin, and from, it stony 

 flats extend for nearly ^ mile, but being steep-to, they do not interfere 

 with the anchorage. 



Seal cove is on the northwestern side of the eastern entrance point 

 of the basin, and vessels anchor off it, but during strong westerly 

 winds the squalls are heavy, and the short, choppy sea set up is 

 inconvenient for boats. There are a few huts on the shore. 



The eastern shore of East arm northwestward of Seal cove is 

 steep-to, and rises in bare stony slopes to a remarkable conical peak, 

 2,135 feet high, over Avhich there is a rough track to the interior. 



Deer arm, the northern part of P2ast arm, extends northward 

 nearly 2 miles; inside a low^ sandy point at its head is a small basin, 

 dry at low water, and Deer brook, a stream from a large pond under 

 the mountains to the northward, flows into it. 



Gros Morne, the highest of these mountains, is bare rock. 2,540 feet 

 high, and conspicuous from seaw^ard. (See also p. 323.) 



Deer arm does not afford convenient anchorage, as the water is too 

 deep, and it is subject to violent squalls, which blow from the sur- 

 rounding hills. 



Neddy harbor, situated on the northern side of the entrance to 

 East arm, is an indentation extending northwestward about ^ mile, 

 with a width of 400 yards, and toward the head the harbor is h mile 

 long in an easterly and Avesterly direction, with an average width of 

 300 yards, but the area, with a depth of over 3 fathoms, available for 

 anchorage is 700 yards long and 400 yards wide. 



The entrance is clear beyond the shoal water reaching about 150 

 yards from the shores on either side; but a prong of shoal water 

 extends southward 300 yards from Shoal j)oint, the outer eastern 

 entrance point. 



Neddy harbor is the most convenient, and probably the best anchor- 

 age in Bonne bay, as it is sheltered from all except southeasterly 

 winds; with southeasterly winds the squalls are often severe, and a 

 heavy sea is quickh' raised. Large vessels moor, as the space is 

 limited. 



Wharf. — On the southern side of the inner part of Neddy harbor 

 is a coal wharf, 130 feet long, with a head 92 feet long, along-side 



