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the narrows. The depth of water' in the arm decreases gradually 

 from 30 fathoms in the entrance to 8 fathoms off Old House point, 

 near the head. On the southern side of the narrows there are depths 

 of 6 fathoms to about 100 yards offshore. Fishermans bank is a 

 rocky patch, about 130 yards across, with 20 fathoms water over it, 

 lying north-northeastward 500 yards from Wild Cove point. 



Anchorag'e. — There is good anchorage near the head of the West- 

 ern arm off Old House point. 



Bear cove entrance lies between Shoal point and White point, 

 which are 435 yards apart in a northeasterly and southwesterly 

 direction, and the cove runs north-northeastward for 1,100 yards with 

 a width decreasing to 140 yards at its head. Bear Cove islet lies in 

 the cove 200 yards eastward from White point, and shoal water 

 extends for 100 yards round the islet, except southeastward. The 

 anchorage is very good for small craft, the best position being oppo- 

 site the large house of the settlement in 9 fathoms, sand bottom. 



From White point the shore trends northwestward for 600 yards 

 to Hauling point. 



The shore of White bay from Hauling point trends northeast- 

 ward for a mile to a point within which is Back arm, a bay extending 

 600 yards southward. There are some houses and fishing stages on 

 the shores of this bay, but the water is shoal. Stuckles cove, an inlet, 

 lies 1,200 yards to the northeastward; it is entirely blocked by large 

 bowlders. 



Pigeon islands are situated northward of Stuckles cove and 

 Back arm. Little Pigeon island bears 351°, distant 300 yards from 

 the western entrance point of Back arm, and is 20 feet high. Steer- 

 ing rock bears 72°, distant 800 yards from Little Pigeon island, and 

 is 12 feet high. The western end of Pigeon island bears 45°, distant 

 about 400 yards from Steering rock, and the island extends north- 

 eastward 1,100 yards. It is of limestone formation, 150 feet high, 

 and covered in places with coarse grass. 



There are no shoals seaward of these islets, but between Little 

 Pigeon island and Steering rock and the shore are some rocks and 

 foul ground. The water in the middle of the channel inside Pigeon 

 island is deep, but on the mainland side there are some detached 

 rocks. Bearing 35°, distant 400 yards from the northern point of 

 Pigeon island there is a rock with 9 feet water over it, and 10 to 4 

 fathoms between it and the point ; the sea breaks heavily on this rock 

 with a northeasterly swell. 



The shore of White bay northeastward of Pigeon island, backed 

 by high, wooded hills, trends northeastward for 3^ miles to Fish 

 point, the western entrance point of Middle arm ; Middle Arm rock, 

 a small rock 11 feet high, lies 200 yards offshore at 1| miles west- 

 south westward of Fish point; there is a smaller rock inside it, but 



