Geographical Notices. 111 
This valley lies immediately opposite to Henry Island and adja- 
cent to good harbors 
uffered from frequent conflagrations; but in a few years more, 
when the husbandman shall begin to receive returns for his labors 
m rich cro grain, some of these sites may be selected for 
erecting mills to prepare the produce for dist 
_ 44 circumstance of great importance, 
is the existance upon it of extensive deposi 
ality. I ‘ : 
might be profitably quarried for building ston 
these deposits can better be appreciated from the fact that up to 
ime 
own to exist at an int on Pugent Sound, 
States territory, and for Paildin 
cure all the lime used, from California or Vancouver's Island. 
In the vicinity of the southern end of the island are, perhaps, the 
best fishing grounds on Puget Sound. Great yap ei = halibut, 
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