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on either side of it, the southern being the better. Vessels sometimes 

 anchor in this vicinity, generally off the southern village, but it is not 

 a desirable place except in very fine weather ; a shallow ledge of rocks 

 extending from a small islet oE the southern shore must be avoided. 

 On the shores of the tickle there are many fishermen's houses, and at 

 the northern village is a post-office, from which weekly communica- 

 tion is made with Exploits harbor. 



Tides and tidal streams. — It is high water, full and change, at 

 Sansom tickle at 12h. 20m.; springs rise 4^ feet, neaps 3 feet. The 

 flood is the west-going stream, and the ebb the east-going, through the 

 tickle ; the stream going with the wind has some strength at springs 

 during strong easterly or westerly winds. 



Little Black island, about 1;^ miles north-nortliAvestward of the 

 northern large Sansom island, is 1 mile long in a northeasterly 

 and southwesterly direction, and about 800 yards wide; near its 

 northeastern end is a flat wooded hill 248 feet high. On the south- 

 eastern side of the island is Southern harbor, a shallow and open 

 cove, in the entrance to which is a small black islet 20 feet high, and 

 200 yards northeastward of this islet is a rock with 15 feet water 

 over it. 



Black island, close northwestward of Little Black island and 

 separated from it by Black Island tickle, is 1^^ miles long north- 

 northeastward and south-southwestward, 1 mile wide, and 412 feet 

 high. It presents a generally flat appearance, and on its western 

 side, separated by a point close off which is Hamilton islet, a rock 

 27 feet high, there are two coves. 



Sealing cove, the northern, is clear of shoals and affords anchorage 

 for small vessels during easterly winds in 4| to 12 fathoms water; 

 Parsons cove, the southern, is only suitable for boats. 



Kiar cove, at the northern end of the island, is narrow and nearly 

 filled with rocks. 



Beacon. — A large wooden beacon stands on the summit of Black 

 island, and indicates the locality of a pilot station. 



Black Island tickle, the passage between Little Black and Black 

 islands, is narrow and there are numerous rocks in it. It is used 

 only by small fishing vessels, which enter its eastern entrance, passing 

 on either side of a group of rocks that cover at high water. 



Comfort cove, soutliAvard of Comfort head, affords anchorage in 

 15 to 20 fathoms, but the position is not safe with easterly winds 

 which prevail in spring and autumn. There are some houses around 

 this cove, and also a post-office, from which cinnmuiiication ^^ ith 

 Campbellton is made weekly by boat. 



Cranberry island, fronting the western side of the entrance, is low 

 and steep-to on its eastern side. 



