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fathoms of water over its end, extends in a direction 60° for 400 yards 

 from the eastern point of the head. 



Bull gut, the channel between Indian head and the rocks off Cart- 

 wright island, is narrowed by the shoals to 100 yards, with a depth 

 of 4^ fathoms water. 



Blackguard bay, extending southwestward 1^ miles from Indian 

 head, is foul and shoal, and should not be entered within Bull gut. 



Pinch-Gut island, northwestward 1^ miles from the western 

 entrance point of Blackguard bay and 300 yards offshore, is 13 feet 

 high. 



Pinch-gut bank, with 15 feet of water over it, bears 72°, distant 

 1,650 yards from Pinch-gut island. 



Round island, situated westward f mile from Green island, is 

 1,700 yards long, eastward and westward, about 800 yards wide, and 

 222 feet high. There is a fishing settlement on its southern side, in 

 which the principal house has a belfry. Cobbler shoal, with 2 fath- 

 oms of water over it, lies westward 600 yards from Salmon point of 

 Round island. 



Clearing mark. — Duck island, a little open northward of Round 

 island, bearing 77°, leads northward of Pinch-Gut bank and Cobbler 

 shoal. 



Long island, the southwestern end of which lies northeastward, 

 distant 800 yards from the eastern end of Romid island, is 1^ miles 

 long, north-northeast^A'ard and south-southwestward about 200 yards 

 wide, and 231 feet high. 



Duck island, about 200 yards off the western side of Long island, at 

 600 yards from its southwestern end, is about ^ mile across and 101 

 feet high. 



Black rock, westward 600 yards from the western end of Duck 

 island, is 6 feet high, and a shoal extends southeastward nearly 200 

 yards from it. 



There is no passage, except with local knowledge, between Long 

 and Round islands. 



Tinker island, north-northeastward, 1^ miles from the north- 

 eastern point of Long island, is flat and 56 feet high, with numerous 

 bowlders on its summit. There is deep water at the distance of 200 

 yards from the island, except on its southern side, where shoal water 

 extends for 300 yards. 



Tinker rock, bearing 204°, distant 650 yards from the southern 

 end of Tinker island, has 3 fathoms of water over it and is steep-to. 

 Budget rock, north-northeastward, distant 1,100 yards from 

 Tinker island, is 4 feet high. 



Budget bank, bearing 7°, distant 700 yards from Budget rock, has 

 3 fathoms of water over it and is steep-to. 



