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buoys may shift during heavy weather. They are removed amiually 

 at the close of navigation, but not later than January 1. 



Grandfather island, situated '2'^ miles south-southeastward of 

 Cann island, is nearly ^ mile long, eastward and westward, low and 

 flat, and 600 j^ards northward of it is Little Grandfather islet, from 

 which a reef extends east-northeastward, nearly ^ mile ; between this 

 islet and Cann island is the entrance to Stag Harbor tickle, about 2 

 miles wide. 



East Indian island, 1 mile westward of Grandfather island and 

 separated from it by a rocky channel, is about '2^ miles long, eastward 

 and westward, and f mile wide. 



West Indian island, the eastern end of which lies ^ mile north- 

 ward of the western part of East Indian island, is about 3f miles 

 long, eastward and westward, f mile wide, low and covered with 

 moss and stunted trees ; the northern coast of the island is rocky and 

 foul for 700 yards off it in places ; foul ground extends f mile south- 

 ward of the island, and also westward from it to Dog Bay islands. 



Indian Island tickle, between East and West Indian islands, 

 affords summer anchorage for small craft in 2 fathoms water, mud 

 bottom. 



Indian Lookout island, situated 1^ miles w^estward of South 

 point, is about 3^00 yards in diameter, and is surmounted by a remark- 

 able cone. 127 feet high. Bocks and foul ground extend northward 

 800 yards and northwestward 1,300 yards from the islands, and 

 Malcolm island lies 800 yards east-northeastward of its southern 

 extremity. 



Directions for Stag Harbor tickle. — Avoid the shoals extending 

 northeastward from West Indian island, and bring the northern end 

 of Mouse island in line with the first steep rise in the hills within 

 Burnt point, bearing 62°, which mark leads through the fairway of 

 the tickle. When Rogers point is well open westward of South point,, 

 bearing 309°, Stag rock is cleared; then steer through the channel 

 between Indian Lookout island and Rogers point, giving a sufficient 

 berth to a rock awash at low water, bearing 317°, distant nearly 400 

 yards from the middle of the northeastern islet of Indian Lookout 

 group, which might not be seen in a very smooth sea. 



•Sir Charles Hamilton sound. — Ladle point, the southern en- 

 trance point of Sir Charles Hamilton sound, lies southeastward dis- 

 tant 5^- miles from Grandfather island, and the sound extends west- 

 ward 14 miles from between them, Indian islands with Yellow Fox 

 and Goose islands to the southward of them, and also groups which 

 extend from them toward the Dog Bay islands, on the northwestern 

 side of Sir Charles Hamilton sound, should not be approached within 

 l mile, or to less water than 10 fathoms. 



