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and is almost completely blocked hy stones and bowlders, forming 

 a bar ^ mile in length and reaching from shore to shore. 



AboA^e this bar the arm again opens out between very steep hills 

 and forms an oval basin f mile in length, with a greatest width of 

 435 yards, and with depths of 11 to 17 fathoms at 100 yards from the 

 shore. 



The shoal water of the bar extends nearly 400 yards northwestward 

 from the narrows; here it is very steep-to. the depth quickly in- 

 creasing to 16 fathoms off a two-story house, with a small jetty in 

 front of it on the eastern side. 



The best anchorage is in this vicinity, borrowing toward the Avest- 

 ern shore as far as possible. 



Light. — A fixed Avhite light is exhibited from a white framework 

 on the northern end of the Southern Arm head from June to January, 

 and should be seen from a distance of (> miles in clear weather. 



Seal cove. — The shore from Southern Arm head bends sharply to 

 the northeastward and extends in curves for 1,200 yards, and then 

 turns westward forming Seal cove, a bight from 800 to 400 yards in 

 width. 



At its head or eastern end there is a sandy beach strewn with bowl- 

 ders and behind this a little flat land, extending toward a valley 

 running southeastward. A shallow rocky flat extends upward of 

 200 yards from the sandy beach, and outside this the cove is clear. 



At the head of the cove there are some houses and a small church 

 with a spire. There are also some houses and a landing stage on 

 the northern shore. 



Anchorage. — The coac affords good anchorage, with northerly, 

 easterly, and southerly winds. The best berth is off the landing 

 stage on the northern shore in about 11 fathoms. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at Seal cove, at 7h. 10m. ; 

 springs rise 5 feet, neaps 3^ feet. 



Supplies. — A limited quantity of mutton and vegetables can gen- 

 erally be procured in autumn from the houses on the northern shore 

 of Seal cove. 



The shore of White bay from Pound head, which is 600 yards 

 northwestward of Lucies point, the northern entrance point of Seal 

 cove, trends north-northeastward, and continues cliffy for nearly 1^ 

 miles to Big head. Pound rocks, 10 feet high, lie 100 yards south- 

 westward from Pound head ; there are no offlying shoals. 



Big Head cove, Beach cove. Lower cove, Downeys cove, and Lob- 

 ster harbor lie between Big head and Wild cove, which are 2^ 

 miles apart in a northeasterly direction. These four coves are merely 

 open bays, affording indifferent shelter to boats, but Lobster harbor 

 is a small round basin nnich frequented by fishermen. There is good 

 water inside its entrance, but this is obstructed bv two rockv islets 



