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Bay head in line with Hynes point, bearing 328°, leads midway be- 

 tween these rocks and Copper island. Shoal ground and rocks that 

 cover extend 200 yards from the beach in Suleyann cove. 



Communication. — The steamer from Burnt bay calls at Little 

 Bay island weekly during summer and autumn. 



Worth harbor, in the northeastern part of the island, is entered 

 between North head and Harbor island through a channel 100 yards 

 wide. There is a small cove in the southern shore, with a few houses 

 around it, where anchorage may be obtained in 8 fathoms water, mud 

 bottom. 



The western fishing stage in the cove, half open northwestward of 

 the eastern entrance point of the cove, bearing 233°, leads in mid- 

 channel between the shoals. When the stage on the northern shore 

 bears to the right of 330°, steer for the middle of the harbor and 

 anchor as convenient. 



Southern harbor, in the southeastern part of the island, is entered 

 through a channel 70 yards wide, with a depth of 4 fathoms water 

 in it, between Goat island, which is partially wooded and 86 feet high, 

 to the northeastward, and Macks island, 140 feet high and faced by 

 gray cliffs, to the southwestward. 



The harbor, surrounded by a settlement, is 600 yards long and 500 

 yards broad, having depths under 3 fathoms, except in a space 350 

 yards northward and southward and 150 yards wide, situated imme- 

 diately within the entrance. 



Black rock, a bare islet 7 feet high, lies east-southeastward, 600 

 yards from Goat island. 



Black Rock sunker, bearing 207°, distant 200 yards from Black 

 rock, uncovers 2 feet at low water, and is generally shown by a 

 breaker; and Black Rock ground bearing 176°, distant 400 yards 

 from Black rock, is a j^atch with 6f fathoms over it. 



Hall bay, a picturesque arm of the sea, extends southwestward 

 17 miles, with an almost even breadth of 1-J- miles; the land on the 

 northwestern side is reported to contain large quantities of copper. 



Communication. — A road will connect Hall bay with the North- 

 ern and Western railway, at a point 4 miles westward of Badger 

 brook, the distance being about 44 miles. This road had not been 

 completed at the close of 1908. 



Saltwater Pond bay. — Saltwater Pond point, on the northwestern 

 shore at 4^ miles within the entrance of Hall bay, is the northeastern 

 entrance point of Saltwater Pond bay, a bight extending 1,600 yards 

 northwestward, from the head of which. Saltwater pond, a shallow 

 arm of the sea, extends to within a short distance from Little Ward 

 harbor. 



The anchorage in Saltwater Pond bay is considered the best in 

 Hall bay; the anchoring space is about 500 yards in extent, shoal- 



