DEER ISLAND ST. PETER ISLANDS. 633 



Deer island, about 300 feet high, nearly round, and f mile in 

 diameter, lies close off the eastern point of the mainland on the south- 

 ern side of Niger sound, and Chimney tickle, a narrow boat channel, 

 with fishing huts and stages on its shores, passes between them. 



Carrol cove, a small indentation of the mainland at ^ mile west- 

 ward of the tickle, has good anchorage, and is frequented by many 

 vessels during the fishing season ; there are fishing huts and stages on 

 its shores. 



Main tickle, the channel betAveen Camp and Deer islands, is 400 

 yards wide and clear, but a bank, with 6 fathoms of water over it, 

 lies in the middle of its northern part. 



Camp islands comprise three bare granitic islands and two islets 

 or rocks, lying close together northeastward of Deer island; there is 

 a small cove on their southern side, with very indifferent shelter from 

 southerl}^ winds, where fishing vessels moor to the rocks, but the 

 shelter for the boats of the fishermen is excellent, and their huts and 

 stages border the shores. 



Romsey rock, bearing 258°, distant 350 yards from the south- 

 western point of the middle Camp island, has a depth of 9 feet over 

 it. The western point of Big Duck island open southwestward of the 

 western Camp island, bearing 311°, leads southwestward of this rock. 



The Horns, a bank with 5 fathoms of water over it, bears 94°, 

 distant 950 yards from the southern point of Deer island, and Red 

 Island bank, with 7 fathoms of whaler over it, bears 114°, distant 

 1,500 yards from the same point. 



Goat islet, from which a rocky shoal extends northward 300 yards, 

 lies I mile southwestward of Deer island. An islet bears 198°, distant 

 1,400 yards from Goat islet; and Red islet, with a rock awash at 335 

 yards eastward of it. lies southward about 1,200 yards from Deer 

 island. 



Torrent point lies southward about 1^ miles from Deer island, 

 and the bay between them is open. 



White Mica cove, southward lj\ miles from Torrent point, is 

 only suitable for boats. 



Table head, southward about 1 mile from White Mica cove, is an 

 isolated headland of basaltic columns upon sandstone, fiat at the top, 

 precipitous all round, 200 feet high, and very remarkable. Truck 

 island lies northeastward of the head, but affords no shelter. 



Peterel islands, so named because these birds breed upon them, are 

 a group of low islets and rocks above and below^ water, the outer of 

 which is situated southward, 1| miles from Table head. 



St. Peter islands comprise a scattered cluster of small and low 

 islets, with many rocks above and under water, the outer of which 

 is situated south-southwestward, 3 miles from Table head. These 

 islets and the Peterel group are cliffy and black, being for the most 



