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of water is disadvantageous and very inconvenient for anchorage. 

 The banks rise abruptly. The port is easily distinguished by the 

 east and north bluffs at its entrance. Protection Island is of moderate 

 elevation ; on either side of it Port Discovery may be entered. The 

 best anchorage is off Carr's Point, in 20 fathoms water. "Wood, 

 water, &c, may be obtained without difficulty. 



Five miles east of Port Discovery lies Point Wilson, the western 

 point of Admiralty Inlet ; it is a low, sandy point. Red Bluff, on 

 Whidby's Island, is directly opposite to it, distant 3 miles. Point 

 Hudson is low ; it bears due south from Point Wilson, If miles ; near 

 it, is a red-colored clay bluff, 80 feet high ; it is the north point of 

 Port Townshend. 



PORT TOWNSHEND. 



Port Townshend lies between Dickerson and Craven Peninsulas. It 

 extends to the southwest 3 miles, and then to the south and east the 

 same distance ; at its entrance it is 2 miles wide, but within increases 

 to three. This port is capacious, and has ample depth of water for 

 vessels of any size, and room for a large fleet ; towards its head it is 

 entirely laud-locked. It is separated from Port Lawrence on the 

 south by a very narrow isthmus of sand, joining Craven Peninsula to 

 the main. The anchorage in Port Townshend is safe at all times ; 

 the soundings throughout are from 9 to 15 fathoms; for vessels bound 

 up Admiralty Inlet, it affords a much better anchorage than Port 

 Discovery. Wood and water may both be procured here in plenty. 



DICKERSON AND CRAVEN PENINSULAS. 



Dickerson Peninsula rises abruptly on its north and west sides, 

 where it bounds on Port Discovery and Fuca Strait ; to the south and 

 east its elevation is less, falling in gentle declivities towards Port 

 Townshend. Its surface is for the most part open prairie ; it is 5 

 miles in length by 2i wide, and separates Port Townshend from Port 

 Discovery. The soil is a sandy loam, and easy of cultivation. 



Craven Peninsula has an extensive sheet of water, called Kilisut 

 Harbor, enclosed within its area, which communicates with Port 



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