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ward. A rocky patch with 4f fathoms over it lies nearly 400 yards 

 north-northeastward of Long rock. 



All these shoals are steep-to on their western sides, and are avoided 

 b}' keeping near Swan island. 



Leading mark. — The summit of Upper Duck island in line with 

 the summit of North Harbor head, bearing 267°, leads northward of 

 these shoals. 



Long island, lying southward of Swan island and Hornet island, 

 is SfVy miles long, northward and southward, about 1 mile broad, 465 

 feet high, and densely wooded. It is fairly steep-to, except off its 

 northeastern end where shoal water extends eastward 300 yards, and 

 there are some rocks and shoals for ^ mile off its southern end. Two 

 rocky islets lie 800 yards northwestward of the southern end of the 

 island ; their western sides are steep-to, but the space southeastward 

 of them is foul. An islet. 35 feet high, lies a little over 200 yards 

 off a small bight near the middle of the western side of Long island. 



Long island is visited by the inhabitants of the bay for firewood. 



Hornet g'ut, the channel between Hornet and Long islands, is 

 300 yards wide at its western end, but it narrows to 50 yards at its 

 eastern end, and it has a least depth of 4 fathoms in its fairway. The 

 tidal streams at times set strongly through this passage, which is only 

 suitable for very small vessels. 



Shag- Cliff islands are a group of small islands lying about a mile 

 southeastward from the northeastern end of Long island. 



Indian islands are a group of small islands lying southward of 

 Shag Cliff islands. Both Shag Cliff islands and Indian islands have 

 remarkable summits and steep cliffs facing eastward. There is no 

 anchorage around either of these groups. Between them there is a 

 small j^atch of rocks, awash at high water, and between these rocks 

 and the largest of the Shag Cliff islands, but near the island, there is 

 a good clear passage. There is also a passage between these rocks and 

 Indian islands, but a rocky reef with 12 feet water over it extends 

 from one of the smaller islands to near the middle of the channel, 

 and therefore the passage northward of the rocks is the better. 



Jock islands lie 1,200 yards eastward from the northern end of 

 the largest of the Shag Cliff islands; they are small and covered with 

 grass, the larger one being 35 feet high. A small rock, 3 feet high, 

 lies 200 yards west-southwestAvard of the islands. Both rock and 

 islands are steep-to, but bearing 2T6^, distant 350 yards from the 

 largest island there is a rock with 2 feet over it at low water, which 

 breaks when there is any swell. 



Rudder island, lying 11 miles eastward from the southern end of 

 Long island and about ^ mile southwestward of Indian islands, is 

 about 600 yards across and 210 feet high. 



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