HOOPING HARBOR POURCHE HARBOR. 397 



ing the summits of the hills southwestward of cape Goboso. On 

 southwesterly bearings it has a resemblance to the shape of a duck's 

 bill. 



Hooping- harbor lies immediately westward of Duckbill point, 

 its entrance being nearly ^ mile in width. 



Within the entrance the harbor forms two arms — Eastern arm, 

 which extends northward and terminates about 1^ miles northward 

 of Duckbill point, and Northern arm, which extends westward about 

 2 miles. 



The shores are very high and cliffy, except at the head of Eastern 

 arm, where there is a little fiat land and a good stream flowing into 

 the bay. Excepting this flat land and that of Duckbill point all the 

 hills are densely wooded with spruce, birch, and maple. 



The water in the harbor is deep, and there are no shoals outside the 

 5-fathom line, which extends about 100 yards off Duckbill point. 



A small fishing settlement formerly existed at the head of Eastern 

 arm, but nothing of it now remains beyond a few graves. During 

 summer .some fishing vessels frequent this arm, and temporary huts 

 are erected near the stream for dwellings and stores. The place is 

 usually vacated about the end of October. 



Anchorag-es. — Eastern arm affords anchorage in 16 to 20 fathoms, 

 with good holding ground, but it is open southward and strong 

 breezes outside cause such a swell to roll in that it is not recom- 

 mended. The head of Eastern arm and the mouth of the stream in it 

 have numerous bowlders in them. There is good anchorage at the 

 head of Northern arm off a stony beach in about 22 fathoms, mud bot- 

 tom. The northern bight in this arm is too deep for anchorage, but 

 small vessels moor to the rocks during summer. 



The coast between Hooping harbor and Fourche point (cape 

 d'Argent), which lies 5 miles southward, is composed of steep, high 

 cliffs. 



Little Hooping harbor, southward 1^ miles from Hooping har- 

 bor, is merely an open bay. There is no shelter from offshore winds, 

 and when these are continuous a heavy ground swell prevails. 



Fourche harbor (locally Greenspond) is entered close southward 

 of Fourche point. Its entrance, 1,200 yards wide, lies between East- 

 ern head, a high, cliffy point at 600 yards southwestward of Fourche 

 point, and Granite point, a dark, sloping, rocky point projecting from 

 the high land to the southwestward. It is quite clear of shoals and 

 is fronted by a rocky bank with 20 to 30 fathoms water over it. A 

 patch of 9 fathoms is situated on this bank, bearing 126°, distant 

 300 yards from Eastern head. 



The harbor, surrounded bj^- high, cliffy hills, densely wooded, ex- 

 tends westward for 3 miles inside the entrance, and then, turning 



