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and from that locality there is a road across to the eastern side of 

 Southwest arm. 



The eastern shore of the arm is broken into several deep coves, 

 from one of which there is portage to the bay of Exploits. 



There is sheltered anchorage off Paradise cove, which is situated 

 on the western shore at 2| miles within the eastern entrance point 

 of Tea arm, in about 15 fathoms, and also off the island extending 

 from point Pleasant, about 1 mile farther in on the same shore, in 

 about the same depth. Anchorage may also be obtained in other 

 parts of the inner arm, but the whole locality is subject to violent 

 squalls during strong westerly winds. 



Saunders cove is a small arm in the southeastern part of South 

 arm, but there are several rocks about its entrance and it is unsuitable 

 for vessels of any size. A deposit of copper has been worked on the 

 shores of this cove. 



Charles arm is a remarkable arm, extending south-southeastward, 

 1^ miles from the southeastern corner of South arm. The arm at its 

 entrance and for ^ mile inside is only 100 yards wide; but imme- 

 diately above it opens out into a small basin, then contracts again to 

 less than 100 yards for a distance of 900 yards, and finally expands 

 into a larger basin forming the head of the arm. The depth in the 

 channel is about 3 fathoms, but the inner part is, at that depth, too 

 narrow and winding except for light-draft vessels. The middle of 

 the inner basin affords anchorage. 



East Hare island, } mile northward of the eastern entrance 

 point of Charles arm, is 1 mile long, in a northerly and southerly 

 direction, narrow and wooded; there is a passage for boats and small 

 craft between it and the shore, about 150 yards wide. 



A cluster of rocks, 3 feet high, having shoals extending 600 yards 

 in a direction 165° from it, lies north-northeastward 500 yards from 

 the northern end of the island. 



Between these rocks and Indian point, which lies 1,200 yards north- 

 ward from them, is the entrance to Bitters arm, and Indian and Little 

 Indian coves. 



Ritters arm, eastward of a promontory of the mainland which 

 stretches parallel to and just inside of East Hare island, extends 1^ 

 miles in a south-southeasterly direction, and is the only one of these 

 that a vessel can safely enter. There is anchorage in its outer part 

 in 13 fathoms. Two small islands lie within ^ mile southeastward of 

 Indian point, and, bearing 236°, distant 335 yards from the southern 

 point of the northern of these islands there is a rock with If fathoms 

 over it, and depths of 3^ to 5 fathoms between the rock and the island. 

 A small island, 25 feet high, lies close northward of the promontory 

 forming the western side of the arm, and a shoal on which are some 



