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Southwest arm of Random sound extends west-soutliwestward, 

 then AvestAAard for 14 miles from West Random head ; it has an aver- 

 age breadth of 1 mile, and from a depth of 175 fathoms at the en- 

 trance the soundings decrease to 50 fathoms at 1 mile from the head 

 of the arm. 



West Random head is level and 291 feet high, and its eastern end 

 is a high cliff, separated b}' a chasm from the main part of the head ; 

 rocks, mostly above water, extend eastward 200 yards from the head. 



Fox islet, on the southern shore of the arm at 1^ miles within West 

 Random head, is steep, cliffy on its northwestern side, and 93 feet 

 high; the entrance, about 200 yards wide, to Fox harbor, is on the 

 eastern side of the islet ; within, the space is 400 yards in extent, but 

 encumbered with rocks, and only suitable for large boats, which lie 

 under the eastern head close to the shore. 



Little Heartsease harbor, southwestward 2 miles from Fox islet, 

 is clear of shoals, and has an average breadth of 150 yards; the depth 

 decreases from 5 fathoms at the entrance to 2 fathoms at the head. A 

 rock with 3 feet of water on it nearly closes the entrance of the first 

 arm on the eastern shore. 



Hodge hole, west-southwestward 2 miles from Little Heartsease, 

 has an islet in the middle of it, on the southern side of which is a 

 space about 200 j^arcls square, where small vessels anchor. 



Rocky harbor. — Southwest rock, 100 yards off the northern shore 

 at f mile southwestward of Middle cliff, is 8 feet high; and im- 

 mediately westward of it is Rocky harbor, which extends north-north- 

 westward ^ mile, with a width of 300 yards. A rock, awash at low 

 water, lies near the middle of the harbor, leaving a channel along 

 the eastern shore, but the western shore is foul. 



Long" cove, west-southwestward 1 mile from Roclvy harbor, is 

 small, with 5 fathoms of water. 



St. Jones Within harbor, westward 5 mile from Long cove, is 

 800 yards wide at the entrance, off the eastern point of which is a 

 small rock above water; the harbor trends northward for ^ mile, with 

 20 fathoms of water, and then turns westward for ^ mile to its head. 

 This inner portion is 400 yards wide, and affords good anchorage in 

 5 to 7 fathoms of Avater. 



Hatchers Cove, west-southwestward 2^ miles from St. Jones 

 Within harbor, affords anchorage for small vessels, in 5 fathoms 

 of wffter, near its head. 



Worth big-ht, on the northern shore at 1^ miles eastward of the 

 head of Southwest arm, is about 800 yards square, with 4 to 8 fathoms 

 of water; the bottom is strewn with bowlders, particularly on the 

 eastern shore, and a shoal, with 12 feet of water over it, extends east- 

 southeastAvard 300 vards from the Avestern entrance point. 



