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low place, fronted by a rocky bank extending 200 yards from the 

 shore, and thence to its northeastern end the coast of Sops island is 

 fairly steep. 



Sops cove. — The northern side of Sops cove is a small peninsula 

 surmounted by a vrooded hill 140 feet high. The neck of the penin- 

 sula is low and flat, so that on southwesterly bearings this hill stands 

 out conspicuously. 



The northeastern end of Sops island is composed of low cliffs 

 fronted by ledges of rock. Open head is a remarkable black cliff 90 

 feet high. 



Sops arm is an extensive inlet lying westward of Sops island, and 

 South channel is its principal entrance. From White point, the 

 southern entrance point of this channel, the arm extends westward 

 3^ miles, with a general width in the open part of about 1 mile. Its 

 shores are densely wooded and are broken into several bays or coves. 

 The mouth of jNIain brook (see p. 409) is in the northwestern corner. 



The northern portion is largely occupied by Georges island, which 

 has a narrow channel on either side of it, but Western tickle, which 

 is the channel on its western side, is only navigable by small craft. 

 The Tickle, which is the channel on its eastern side, though obstructed 

 in some degree by Shellbird islet and by a 14-foot rock between it 

 and Georges island, affords a safe passage to North channel. 



The open portion of Sops arm is deep, but there is good anchorage 

 in several places. There are few settlers in this locality. 



North channel, the more open part of the passage separating 

 Sops island from the mainland, lying to the northwestward, affords 

 a good deep-water channel on either side of Mile rocks. (For the 

 coast of Sops island, see p. 406.) 



Mile rocks, lying nearly in mid-channel off the northwestern side 

 of Sops island, are a cluster of rocks 5 feet high, together with a 

 small detached patch which dries 2 feet at low Avater, at 350 yards 

 southward of it. The rocks are connected by a shoal with 1^ to 3 

 fathoms water over it, but otherwise are fairly steep-to and may 

 be passed on either side. 



Jockeys cove is a small bight, situated in the mainland north- 

 northwestward from Open head, the northeastern end of Sops island. 

 At 200 yards off its southwestern entrance point there is a rocky 

 head with 9 feet water over it, 7 fathoms inside and the depth of 100 

 fathoms at 300 yards southeastward from it. This rock should be 

 given a good berth. 



Grassy and Schooner coves are shallow bays fit only for boats to 

 enter. Bad islet, small and rocky, lies to the southward of them, 

 forming Batts cove, which is a shallow bight. 



Rocks. — Bearing 214°, distant 400 yards from the southern end 

 of Bad islet, and 200 yards from the shore, there is a small rocky 



