MILLER ISLAND- — GRANBY ISLAND. 411 



Miller island lies in the middle of the bay between Clift point and 

 its head; it is 18T feet high, of limestone formation, covered with 

 scrub and bare burnt trunks of stunted trees. Eocks and shoal water 

 extend about 300 yards southward from its southern end. 



Riverhead bay, the head of White bay, southward of Miller 

 island, carries deep water close up to the flats extending 500 yards 

 from the mouth of a small stream flowing into it, but a little north- 

 eastward of Oody point, which is projecting and wooded, indifferent 

 anchorage may be obtained in 17 to 20 fathoms. Galeville, a small 

 settlement, is situated nearly ^ mile northeastward of this anchorage, 

 and ^ mile farther northeastward, off a slight bend in the shore, from 

 which rocky ledges and a stony shelf extend nearly 200 yards, there 

 is anchorage in about 15 fathoms, stony bottom. 



The eastern shore of White ba}^ from Osmondville, Avhich lies 

 north-northeastward If miles from Galeville, trends north-northeast- 

 ward, 9| miles to Little Pumbley cove, and it is generally cliffy and 

 steep-to, and bordered by dense woods. Between Little Pumbley 

 cove, which is a small bight, and Western head of Purbeck cove, 2^ 

 miles northeastward, are two small bays, known as Clay cove and 

 Pumbley cove. There are a few houses located on the shores of both 

 of them, and anchorage might be obtained off either in 15 to 20 

 fathoms. 



Granby island, westward about 1 mile from Clay and Pumbley 

 coves, is nearly a mile in length in a northeasterly and southwesterly 

 direction. There are some houses, surrounded by grassed land and 

 garden plots on its southeastern side. The northern coast is cliffy 

 and wooded. The highest part of the island, 298 feet high, is near 

 its middle. Toward the southwestern end a gully separates the sum- 

 mits, which, from the eastward, gives the appearance of two islands. 



A line of detached rocks extends southward from the middle of 

 the island for a distance of 850 yards, where there is a rock, nearly 

 awash at low water, which is usually visible by the wash or tide- 

 rip over it. This rock is steep-to to the eastward, in which direction 

 between it and the mainland there is a deep channel 1,100 yards wide. 

 Granby island is otherwise steep-to except between it and Gull rock, 

 a detached grass-covered islet 91 feet high, lying northwestward 

 400 yards from the northwestern part of the island, where the ground 

 is foul and rocky ; the northwestern side of Gull rock is steep-to. 



A bank with 18 to 20 fathoms over it reaches ^ mile off the eastern 

 point of Granby island. Temporary anchorage may be obtained 

 eastward of the southern part of the island and between it and the 

 line of rocks in 15 to 18 fathoms, but the ground is rocky, and the 

 tidal streams attain some strength between the island and the main- 

 land. 



