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On the western side of Bull arm at 5^ miles within Masters head 

 is Great Mosquito cove, at 200 yards from the head of which there is 

 a depth of 7 fathoms ; several other smaller coves on this side of the 

 arm are suitable for fishing boats; the largest of these is Little 

 Mosquito cove, but a rock, with 5 feet of water over it, lies near the 

 middle of the entrance. 



Ice. — Bull arm freezes about the middle of January, and the ice 

 breaks up about May 10. 



Coniniunication. — Whiteway station of the Northern and Western 

 railway is situated about f mile from the head of the arm. 



Ranteni cove, on the southwestern side of Masters head, has very 

 deep water, but it atfords anchorage and good shelter well in its 

 northern and northwestern arms. Boulton islet, near the middle of 

 this cove, and rather on the northern side, is 20 feet high. The shores 

 of the cove are steep-to, but there is a rock, with 2 feet of water over 

 it, bearing 116°, distant 300 yards, and a rock, with 5 feet of water 

 over it, bearing 192°, distant 300 3^ards from Boulton islet. 



The southern arm of the cove is too open northward for an anchor- 

 age. A fresh water stream running into it is considered excellent 

 for trout fishing. 



The shores of Eantem cove are well covered with wood of a suffi- 

 cient size for making boats' masts and small studding-sail booms. 



Coinniuiiication. — La Manche and Rantem stations of the North- 

 ern and AVestern railway are situated about 1^ miles inland from 

 Eantem cove; there is also telegraphic communication. 



Big and Little Chance coves, south-southeastAvard If miles from 

 Rantem cove, are only available for small vessels during summer; 

 the best shelter is in a small bay on the northern side of Little Chance 

 cove; when entering either cove, the northwestern points must be 

 kept aboard. A rock, with 6 feet of water on it, bears 341°, distant 

 nearljT^ 600 yards from Green head, the eastern point of Big Chance 

 cove, and between it and Green head is a rock that dries. A few 

 families reside around these coves. 



Tickle bay. — Tickle Harbor point bears 75°, distant 4f miles from 

 Green head, and Tickle bay extends southward nearly 3 miles from 

 between them. The bay is an excellent place for fish; but though 

 the water is comparatively shallow and the bottom good near its 

 head it is not a safe anchorage, as a swell nearly always sets in, and 

 with northerly to northeasterly gales it is ver}' dangerous. 



Colliers arm, where a few fishermen reside, is in the southeastern 

 part of Tickle bay, at the entrance of a salt water lake; it is protected 

 by a small islet and a reef of rocks, but the entrance is only 200 yards 

 wide with 4 feet in it at low water. As the ebb stream is strong and 

 sets over a sand}'^ spit, local knowledge is required to enter this arm. 



A^f mile from the eastern shore of Tickle bay a rocky bank runs 

 parallel with the land for 1 mile ; at the northern end of the bank, 



