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good clear channel to the basin forming the head of the arm. \ 

 shoal extends south westward 150 yards from the islet forming the 

 eastern side of the entrance to the basin. This basin is clear of 

 shoals, except for 300 yards off its head, into which Western brook 

 flows, and except for a shoal which extends 200 yards southwest- 

 ward from an islet, 25 feet high, situated 350 yards southward from 

 the islet forming the eastern side of the entrance to the basin. 



There is good anchorage in the basin in about 20 fathoms, mud 

 bottom, with the islet, 25 feet high, bearing 56°, distant 700 yards. 



There is a water-power sawmill in a small bay eastward of Western 

 brook, which has an extensive boom across its mouth, confining logs 

 which belong to the mill owners in Southwest arm. 



Southwest arm extends southward from eastward of Brimstone 

 head for a distance of about 4 miles. The inner and larger portion 

 is less than | mile in width, and contains some shoals, but the outer 

 j)art is clear except near the shores. 



A large Abater-power sawmill is situated on the eastern side at ^ 

 mile from the head of the arm, and here there is a wharf where ves- 

 sels of considerable tonnage load. Several houses occupy the fore- 

 ground on the western side, and most of them are surrounded by 

 patches of cultivated land. 



Passage rocks, some of which are above water and others dry, 

 occupy a central position in Southwest arm at about 1^^ miles south- 

 southeastward from Brimstone head, while abreast of them and 200 

 yards from the eastern shore is an extensive shoal with 3 feet water 

 over its head. A small, wooded islet, 30 feet high, lies southward 

 1,100 yards from the northernmost of the Passage rocks, which is 1 

 foot high, and at 1,700 yards southward of the islet the ship channel 

 is contracted to 150 yards by two shoals. One of these shoals extends 

 250 yards from the western shore, and the other, with a depth of 

 3 feet over it, lies near the middle of the arm. Southward of these 

 the western shore is fairly clear, but some shoals extend 350 yards 

 from the eastern side. 



The eastern shore of the arm is low, thickly wooded, and generally 

 fronted by shoal water to a distance of nearly 200 yards. 



Directions. — From a position ^ mile eastward of Brimstone head, 

 steer to pass 300 yards eastward of the northernmost of the Passage 

 rocks, and thence about 190° up the arm. In a favorable light the 

 shoal in the middle of the arm can be seen, and should be left about 

 100 yards to the eastward; if the light is not good the shoal should 

 be buoyed. 



Anchor as convenient within the shoal in the middle of the arm in 

 10 to 12 fathoms. 



The shore of New bay from an islet, 60 feet high, situated close 

 to the shore nearly eastward of Brimstone head, trends northward 



