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Smith point is on the northern shore of the sound, directly oppo- 

 site Snooks harbor; there are a few houses at 1 mile eastward of the 

 point, and 200 yards off them there are 4 fathoms of water, but it 

 suddenh' deepens to 10 and 20 fathoms. 



The bar is the shallow channel connecting the head of Smith sound 

 with the head of Northwest arm of Random sound, and toward 

 which they both gradually shoal. At high water it is | mile wide; 

 at low Avater spits of sand and stone stretch off both shores, leaving a 

 narrow channel 2 feet deep and ^ mile long. 



Bakers loaf, at the northeastern end of Random island, is a re- 

 markable peak 546 feet high. 



Northwest arm. — Westward of Connor islet, and separated about 

 100 yards from it, is Sullivan islet, 35 feet high, and between the 

 latter and Siildown point, ^ mile westward of it, is the entrance to 

 Northwest arm. The western half of the entrance is obstructed b}^ a 

 bed of rocks, some of which are uncovered; the channel is between 

 these rocks and Sullivan islet, and at the foot. of Bakers loaf; and the 

 anchorage, about I mile square, is in 9 fathoms of water, mud bottom. 

 Rider harbor is a small nook northward of Sullivan islet, with 2 

 fathoms of water. 



A rock, with 6 feet of water over it. lies just off' the southeastern 

 end of Sullivan islet. 



Little harbor. — The entrance to this small inlet is 400 yards wide, 

 between the rocky islet southward of Siildown point and the opposite 

 shore, which is bold, with a small rock above water off it. The inlet 

 extends westward about -i- mile and then turns southward for 400 

 yards, where it is narrow, with a depth of 4 fathoms. 



The coast between Little harbor and East head, 1^ miles south- 

 southeastward, is composed of Ioav cliffs; the hills over it are flat- 

 topped, and the highest is 492 feet high. East head, which is a cliff' 

 88 feet high, is the northeastern entrance point to Long- cove and 

 Deer harbor. 



North Bird islet, 112 feet high, lies northward, 1 mile from East 

 head and ^ mile offshore; in the cove westward of the islet is a 

 remarkable flat cliff, named Cold East Flake, from its supposed re- 

 semblance to a fish flake. South Bird islet, 121 feet high, lies north- 

 ward, I mile from East head and 300 yards offshore. 



Long" cove, westward 1 mile from East head, extends northward f 

 mile, with a w^idth of about 200 yards, and shoals from 20 fathoms at 

 the entrance to 2 fathoms at the head. At 400 yards eastward of Long- 

 cove a reef of rocks extends over 200 yards from the coast, and a little 

 Avithin the northwestern entrance point of the cove, and 100 yards 

 from the western shore is a rock with 6 feet of water over it. 



Deer harbor, GOO yards long, about 200 yards wide, with a depth of 

 5 to 9 fathoms of water, is about 4 mile westward of Long cove; the 



