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driven into the rocks, the positions of which ringboks are indicated 

 by Avhitewashed marks. Vessels loading ore lie alongside the pier, 

 which is connected ^Yith the mine by a tramway. 



The channels eastAvard of Bridges. Picnic, and Graveyard islands 

 are only fit for small vessels. 



Buoy. — A square, Avooden buoy is moored southward of the pier 

 for warping purposes. 



Pilots. — A pilot can generally be obtained at Dunier lighthouse. 

 (See p. 457.) 



Tides. — it is high Avater, full and change, at Pilley Island harbor 

 entrance at 7h. Om. ; springs rise 5 feet, neaps 3^ feet. The rate of 

 the streams in the tickles of Pille}^ Island harbor does not generally 

 exceed 1 knot, and the directions vary with the wnnd as well as with 

 the tide; the streams usually set directly through the tickles, follow- 

 ing the bends of the channels. 



Little harbor is a narrow inlet, 800 yards in length ; the entrance, 

 which is northeastward of Bridges island, is narrow and encumbered 

 with rocks, making the harbor only available for boats and very small 

 craft. 



Shoals. — The coast betw^een Little harbor and Pilley tickle, which 

 is situated about ^ mile to the east-northeastward, is foul and rocky, 

 and nnist not be approached nearer than 150 yards, while off the east- 

 ern head of Little harbor and nearly in the fairway there is an exten- 

 siA'e patch of rocks, the southwestern end of which dries 1 foot. 



Between these rocks and Keynolds shoal there is a small patch 

 AA'ith a depth of 15 feet on it. 



Leading mark. — The high cliff' eastward of Hussey cove in line 

 with Eaft head, bearing 219°, leads northwestward of Pretty Tickle 

 shoals, but close to depths of 18 and 19 feet, and this range also leads 

 southeastward of the shoals off Little harbor. 



Pilley tickle, between Troytow-n and Pilley islands, is the north- 

 eastern entrance to Pilley Island harbor. The narrowest part of the 

 passage, east-northeastw^ard about 1 mile from Bridges island, is 100 

 yards wide, and carries a depth of 12 fathoms in mid-channel. 



Xortheastw^ard of the narrow passage of Pilley tickle the space 

 between TroytoAvn and Pilley islands opens to a passage northward to 

 sea. This channel carries deep water, but there are some shoals in it. 



Just northeastw^ard of the narroAv part of Pilley tickle and on the 

 northern shore there is a two-story white house with a small jetty 

 or stage a iew yards northeastward of it, and nearly off these, about 

 50 yards from the shore, there is a rock Avhich dries 1 foot at Ioav 

 water. 



Bumblebee cove. — Northeastward of the narroAV part of Pilley 

 tickle the western shore forms a small bay, with a few houses in it, 

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