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The northern arm is small, the anchorage space being 400 yards 

 long and 250 yards wide ; there are stores and a house on its northern 

 shore. To enter pass on either side of Pigeon island in mid-channel 

 and northeastward of Chain rocks, then haul to the westward and 

 anchor. 



A rock, with 5 feet of water over it, lies nearly 100 yards off the 

 shore eastward of the storehouses. 



Round harbor, the southern arm, extends 600 yards to the west- 

 ward with a width of a little less than 200 yards; it affords good 

 anchorage for small vessels in 4^ fathoms water, sand and gravel 

 bottom. 



Cape St. Francis, north-northwestward nearly 7^ miles from 

 Spear point and northeastward ^ mile from Pigeon island, is the 

 southeastern point of a flat-topped rocky island, 600 yards long, west- 

 northwestward and east-southeastward, about 200 yards wide, 115 

 feet high, bold-to on all sides, and separated from the mainland by 

 a narrow deep passage suitable for boats, except in a heavy swell. 



Local mag-netic disturbance. — Considerable disturbance of the 

 compass, from local magnetic causes, has been observed on board 

 vessels when near cape St. Francis. The principal area of disturb- 

 ance lies within 1 mile seaward of a line drawn between cape St. 

 Francis and the eastern end of Hare island. 



Indian point, northwestward about 1,400 yards from Cape St. 

 Francis island, is a steep bluff, 195 feet high; Fish cove, on its 

 western side, is a deep inlet ending in a ravine. 



Burke island (Jasper island), northwestward 250 yards from 

 Indian point, is flat, 85 feet high, and is separated from Granby 

 island by Shoal tickle, a narrow boat channel; there are several 

 houses on the island. Westward of Shoal tickle are two flat rocks 

 just above high water. 



St. Francis Harbor bight, southwestward of Burke island, is 600 

 yards in extent and 400 yards wide. It affords anchorage southeast- 

 ward of Flat islands, which lie northward within 250 yards from 

 the western entrance point of the bight, in 10 fathoms of water, mud 

 bottom, and sheltered from all winds. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in St. Francis Harbor 

 bight at 6h. 40m. ; springs rise 5 feet, neaps 3^ feet. 



Hare island, northward nearly 400 yards from Burke island, is 

 about f mile long, northwestward and southeastward, 800 yards wide, 

 356 feet high, dark and flat-topped, with a cliff}^ coast, and steep-to. 



Eed island, eastward, | mile from the southern point of Hare 

 island, is about 200 yards across, and 67 feet high. Shoal water, on 

 which are rocks that generally break, extends south-southwestward 

 300 vards from it. 



