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HYDROGRAPHY. 



Besides the village of Fungasar, there are Fusi and Alfoo in the 

 West Cove. The inhabitants and chiefs are all kind and attentive ; 

 schools are established, and they have all become Christians. 



From Fungasar Harbor the coast trends east-northeast for 5 

 miles to the most northern point of the island, Cockscomb Point, 

 which is a singular insulated rock, much jagged and having much 

 resemblance to the name that has been given it. It is of considerable 

 height and quite abrupt ; there is a passage between it and the rocks 

 of the island. To the eastward is Vatia Bay, but it affords no ancho- 

 rage, and is broken up with coral. 



The next harbor is that of Oafonu : this is lh miles beyond Vatia, 

 the coast between being a series of abrupt rocky crags. It is half a 

 mile in depth and one-third wide, and good anchorage in the fine 

 season, from April to December, may be found there : the best berth is 

 near the centre, in 14 fathoms, on a fine gray sandy bottom. The 

 town of Oafonu is situated at the head of the bay, and is embosomed 

 in cocoanut palms ; the fresh-water streams near the town cause a 

 break through the coral, and admit the approach of a boat to the 

 beach. To the west, just round Craggy Point, there is another town, 

 called Amalao. 



Massefao Bay is 3 miles east of Oafonu Harbor : the intermediate 

 shore partakes of the usual character of the coast of the island. The 

 entrance to the bay is between Bartlett's Point on the west, and Butt 

 Point on the east, bearing from each other north west-by-west and 

 southeast-by-east, half a mile asunder ; the direction toward the 

 head of the bay is west-southwest. It is very much protected from 

 the north and northwest winds, but exposed to those of the northeast. 

 The depth in the bay is not less than 18 fathoms, over a sandy 

 bottom ; the head of the bay is lined with a coral reef, which has the 

 usual break in it consequent upon there being an outlet of fresh 

 water. The town of Massefao is one of the largest on the island, but 

 the people are not so well-disposed or accustomed to deal with 

 foreigners as the towns nearer to the vicinity of Pago-pago. The 

 village of Masaosh is situated just beyond Butt Point. 



The harbor of Aur is the most eastern, on the north side of the 

 Island of Tutuila; its width is half a mile and its depth somewhat 

 less. There is little room for anchorage within the points of the bay, 

 as it is almost entirely occupied by coral, excepting a narrow channel, 

 which leads up to the town, affording facilities of approaching with a 



