416 CAPE BAULD TO CAPE ST. JOHN. 



having a channel on either side, the western channel carrying 4 feet 

 of water, and the eastern 6 feet. 



Wild cove extends ^ mile to the east-southeastward and contains 

 good anchorage in 9 to 13 fathoms, sand bottom, during offshore 

 winds. 



At the head of the cove the land is low, sloping to a sandy beach, 

 which is fronted by a shoal flat extending nearly 300 yards off. and 

 at its southern corner is a patch of rocks drying 2 feet at low water. 

 Elsewhere the bay is clear, the bottom sloping gradually off' to deep 

 water. A small stream flows into the northeastern corner. 



There are a few houses around the head of the cove, but most of 

 them are unoccupied, the owners having moved to Sops arm, where 

 the lumber mill offers regular work. 



The shore from Wild cove trends nearly northward for 2^ miles 

 to Green point, and thence northeastward for 2f miles to a bight, 

 with Little Lobster harbor, a narrow cove, immediately northeast- 

 Avard of it. This shore is rocky, and backed by steep wooded hills; 

 it is clear and steep, but a few sand banks with 10 fathoms of water 

 over them lie ^ to | mile off. Little Lobster harbor is used during 

 summer as an anchorage for small vessels, the crews of which fish in 

 the vicinity. 



The shore from Little Lobster harbor trends northeastward and 

 continues of the same character for 5f miles, where there is a small 

 bight surrounded by cliffs and known as Hard bay ; and from this bay 

 to Partridge point, 11 miles northeastward, the hills are nearly bare 

 and slope gently to the point. 



Partridg'e point, forming the eastern entrance point of White 

 bay, is the end of a low, rocl^ projection extending from the sloping 

 hills. Westward of the point there are some small bights in the rocks, 

 where good landing can be made during easterly winds, and eastward 

 of it is an open cove with cliffy shores. 



The point is steep-to, and may be approached closely, but when 

 easterly winds prevail there is often a strong indraft toward the 

 shore. 



St. Barbe or Horse islands are two in number. The western 

 point of the Western island bears 76°, distant 10^ miles from Par- 

 tridge point, and the island extends 2f miles in an easterly and west- 

 erly direction, with a width of a little more than 1 mile; a tongue 

 of land projects about 800 yards from its northern side. This island 

 is 500 feet high, and presents a smooth, conical summit on north- 

 easterly or northerly bearings. Its coasts are fairly clear, the only 

 shoal being on the southern side, where some foul ground extends a 

 short distance from the rocks. It has no inhabitants. 



The eastern island lies ly^ miles eastward of the western island, 

 and the channel between is clear and deep, but a little eastward of the 



