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ning factory on the stony beach, and from which a trail leads through 

 the marshes to Western Brook pond, where the factory people keep a 

 small boat for hunting purposes. 



At nearly 2^ miles northward from Gulls marsh the beach becomes 

 sandy, and Western brook, a small stream flowing from Western 

 Brook pond, runs some little way behind it and falls into the sea. 

 Northward of this the coast becomes rocky and, with a small bight, 

 forms the projection known as Broom point, on which there are a few 

 cottages. Tavo ridges of dry rocks extend about 500 yards westward 

 from the point, and in the bight between them there is a landing stage 

 and fish store. The outer ends of these ridges are steep-to, but off the 

 sandy beach southward of the mouth of Western brook there are 

 depths of less than 3 fathoms for upward of 600 yards from the shore; 

 to this distance, and often beyond it, the sea is frequently discolored 

 by the water from the brook. 



St. Pauls bay, lying between Broom point and St. Pauls point, 

 north-northeastward, distant ^l miles, extends about 1 mile east- 

 ward of the line joining the headlands, and is open to seaward. The 

 shores are low and stony, the bottom is foul, and the anchorage, even 

 with the strong breeze that frequently blows seaward, is unsafe. 



A rocky patch, with 5 fathoms of water over it, bears 343°, distant 

 1,900 yards from Broom point. Bearing 340°, distant nearly 2 miles 

 from Broom point, there is a small patch of 6 fathoms; and a patch 

 with 2^ fathoms of water over it lies 600 yards offshore, a little south- 

 ward of the entrance to St. Pauls inlet. 



Basin. — On the eastern side of the bay, at a break in the low 

 shore, 1,200 yards wide, is the entrance into St. Pauls inlet. Inside 

 the break the shores open out into an oval basin about 1^ miles long 

 and 1 mile wide, which is filled with banks of sand and stones that 

 dry. It is surrounded by low marshy shores, and two channels lead 

 from the sea. The southern side of the break in the shore is a sandy 

 spit with some houses on it, a little to the southward of which is a 

 wooded hill 220 feet high; a large wooden building, situated near 

 the end of the spit, is used as a lobster-canning factory. 



From the end of the spit a ridge of shingle extends northward 

 and forms a narrow bar across the entrance of the channel, over which 

 there is a depth of 3 feet of water. 



The bar is easily crossed by boats during fine weather by keeping 

 close along the northern side of the ridge projecting from the end 

 of the spit, but it is dangerous during strong winds with a heavy 

 swell. 



The northern of the two channels in the basin is very shallow, and 

 terminates near a low, stony islet. The southern channel is about 

 200 feet wide, and has a depth of 1 to 3 fathoms; from close north- 

 ward of the factory it turns eastward and then southeastward, in 



