CAPE PORCUPINE NORTH STAG ISLANDS. 713 



Munden island, low and flat, is nearly joined at low water to the 

 northwestern point of Horse Chops island. 



Partridge Harbor islands lie northwestward of Munden island, 

 and between them is Partridge harbor, where fishing vessels anchor 

 in 4 fathoms of water, sheltered except from northeasterly winds. 

 A rock, with 6 feet of water over it, lies 200 yards off the northeastern 

 point of the northwestern island. West of Partridge Harbor islands 

 are three islets, between which the water is shoal. 



Pigeon island, northwestward 1 mile from Partridge Harbor 

 islands, is 146 feet high. 



Cape Porcupine, north-northwestward, distant 2f miles from 

 Pigeon island, is a promontory ^ mile wide, jutting out 2^ miles 

 from the mainland and rising to a double-peaked summit 343 feet 

 high. The beaches on both sides of cape Porcupine are sandy. 



Gull island, 63 feet high, is joined to the northeastern end of the 

 cape at low water. 



Black rock, bearing 35°, distant 5f miles from cape Porcupine, is 

 isolated and 22 feet high. 



Mid-channel rock, with 5 feet of water over it, bears 120°, distant 

 2^ miles from Black rock. 



Grappling island, open eastward of Green island, bearing 177°, 

 leads eastward of Mid-channel rock. 



South Stag island, northward 4^ miles from cape Porcupine, 

 rises in two flat hummocks, 90 feet high, and covered with grass, with 

 a saddle between; reefs extend 600 yards from its southeastern side. 



North Stag islands, northwestward 3^ miles from South Stag 

 island, are two islands, with some islets and rocks in the channel 

 between them, through which a depth of 6 feet of water can be car- 

 ried. The southern island is a dark conical hill, 125 feet high; the 

 northern is flat and 120 feet high and has a deep ravine on its 

 northern side. 



Anchorage can be obtained westward of the channel between the 

 islands in 7 to 14 fathoms of water, sand bottom. 



Soundings of 9 fathoms have been obtained with North Stag island 

 summit, bearing 271°, distant about 2 miles. 



Tumble-down Dick island, north-northeastward, distant 3f miles 

 from North Stag islands, is 355 feet high, and conspicuous, with a 

 round hillock at its summit. Small rocks fringe the island, and a reef 

 lies 200 yards off the middle of the northwestern side, but they are 

 all bold-to. 



Little Tumble-down Dick island, situated 800 yards southwestward 

 from Tumble-down Dick island, is 70 feet high ; the channel between 

 is clear in its fairwa3^ 



Track. — H. B. M. S. " Scylla." in August, 1905, when proceeding 

 from C'artwright harbor to Indian harbor, having passed between 



