NORTH HARBOR HARE ISLAND. 703 



point on the southern shore the water shoals to 3 fathoms; it then 

 deepens to 7 fathoms for about 200 yards, when it shoals again to 4| 

 fathoms. 



Within the narrows the water shoals suddenly to a depth of 3 feet. 



North harbor, situated northwestward of the western end of 

 Ledge island, affords good anchorage in 5 to 7 fathoms of water, mud 

 bottom. The eastern side of this harbor is formed by two islands 

 joined to each other and the mainland by shoal water. 



Mullins cove, on the northern side of North head, extends 1^ 

 miles to the westward ; it affords anchorage at the head in 3 fathoms 

 of water, well sheltered from northwesterlj^ winds, and is much fre- 

 quented by fishing vessels. 



Black island, northwestward 1,600 yards from Xorth Flat island, 

 is nearly white, and makes as a flat ridge with a sharp peak at either 

 end, the eastern 217 feet and the western 190 feet high. 



Black Island harbor, a narrow cove at the northern point of the 

 island, with excellent shelter for fishing craft, is entered by keeping 

 the southern shore aboard. 



Offer Wolf island, lying east-northeastward 1;^ miles from tlie 

 northern end of Black island, is 222 feet high, and wedge-shaped ; the 

 northeastern side rises in steep cliffs to the summit. 



Halfway rock, between Offer Wolf and Black islands, is 15 feet 

 high, and shoal water extends 200 yards around it ; a rock, awash at 

 low water, lies in mid-channel between Offer Wolf island and Half- 

 way rock. 



The Wolves islets lie east-southeastward ^ mile from Offer Wolf 

 island ; the highest is 81 feet high. 



A shoal, with 4 fathoms of water over it, bears 266°, distant 1,050 

 yards from the southern Wolf islet, and a rock, with 6 fathoms of 

 water over it, bears 238°, distant 1,500 yards from the same islet. 



Johnny Paul rock, with 3 fathoms of water over it, bears 111°, 

 distant If miles from the southern Wolf islet. 



Offer Wolf island, open northward of the southern Wolf islet, 

 bearing 283°, leads close northward; or open southwestward, bearing 

 300°, leads southwestward of the rock. 



Gready island, northwestward 1,200 yards from Black island, is 

 2f miles long, north-northeastward and south-southwestward, about f 

 mile wide, and 362 feet high. There is a large cairn of stones on its sum- 

 mit. On the western side is a ridge facing Gready anchorage, within 

 which is a large pond that debouches at Watering cove, a small bight 

 on the southwestern side, where water can always be taken. 



Hare island, separated from the northeastern part of Gready 

 island by a channel 200 yards wide, through which there is a passage 

 for small craft only, is 224 feet high, cliffy and steep-to. 



