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from a small rocky islet, 9 feet high, off the northern shore, in 15 

 fathoms, mud bottom. Here the stream ahvays runs out, and vessels 

 generally lie with their heads to the westward. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Great Cat arm at 

 6h. 45m. ; springs rise 4| feet, neaps 2^ feet. 



The shore of White bay from Western head of Great Cat arm 

 trends southwestward and is high, cliffy, and wooded. A small bight 

 lies ^ mile from Western head, and at 4 miles from the head the fore- 

 shore becomes low, forming a point and a beach of rounded, white 

 stones, known as Wild beach. Shoal water extends 200 yards off this 

 point and the stony bight southwestward of it. 



At 2i miles south-southwestward from Western head and f mile 

 offshore, off-lying banks, with depths of 10 to 20 fathoms water over 

 them, begin and extend parallel to the shore for upward of 5 miles, 

 then joining a similar bank off Cobbler head. 



Devil cove, 7 miles from Western head of Great Cat arm, is a 

 small bay into which a stream falls from the hills. There is anchor- 

 age here with offshore winds, but when these are strong the squalls 

 are often violent. 



The shore from Devil cove turns southward and at a distance of 

 If miles is Cobbler head, a round, wooded headland, noticeable on 

 southwesterly bearings, and some remarkable patches of bare rock, 

 forming the cliff face, IJ miles southward of the head, are conspicu- 

 ous from a distance seaward in White bay. 



Little Coney arm is ^ mile southward of these patches; it is a 

 deep notch in the hills, extending nearly | mile inland, and then 

 opening out into a circular basin nearly I mile in diameter. The 

 entrance to this basin is narrow and obstructed by a rocky bar, 

 through which there is a crooked passage, with about 6 feet of water. 

 In the basin there are depths of 1 to 2^ fathoms, and small fishing 

 vessels use it. Outside the bar the depth increases to 4 and 7 fathoms 

 and vessels occasionally anchor here temporarily, but there is a rock 

 with a depth of 23 feet over it, a short distance outside a line joining 

 the two entrance heads and nearly midway between them. 



A few houses occupied by fishermen are situated on the northern 

 side of the entrance to the basin and on the slope at its head. 



Great Coney arm extends south-southwestward, about 2^ miles 

 from its entrance between Little Coney arm and Coney head. A 

 small river that runs into the head of the arm has some shoal patches 

 of gravel and stones off its mouth. The arm is otherwise deep, and 

 vessels anchoring in it do so in 20 to 22 fathoms. There is good 

 shelter except from northeasterly winds, and when these are strong a 

 swell rolls in. making the position undesirable. 



