OREGON TERRITORY. 



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Its elevation is generally about 120 feet above tide, and composed of 

 a sandy, light soil, and for the most part covered with timber. 



Suquamish Head, its extreme northern point, is a bold bluff, and 

 readily distinguished after passing Point Wilson. 



The course from Liplip Point, in proceeding up Admiralty Inlet, 

 is southeast : this will carry a vessel off Point-no-Point, after passing 

 which, the first anchorage is at Pilot's Cove, 3 miles distant, where a 

 vessel may stop to await a tide. Admiralty Inlet at this place is 6 

 miles wide. 



Mcdonough island. 



McDonough Island bounds Saratoga Passage on the east. It is 15 

 miles long, and at the northern part it is 3 miles wide, but dimi- 

 nishes in width, being little more than a narrow strip of land at its 

 southern termination. Its eastern side forms a considerable curve. It 

 is low land, productive, and susceptible of cultivation. There is little 

 wood on it, but water can be obtained at Triangle Cove, on its east 

 side. 



PORT SUSAN, PENN'S COVE, HOLMES' HARBOR, PORT GARDNER, AND 

 POSSESSION SOUND. 



Port Susan is on the east side of McDonough Island, between it and 

 the mainland. At its head is an extensive marsh and mud-flat, 

 through which a creek passes around the north end of McDonough 

 Island, joining Saratoga Passage, opposite Point Polnell. The water 

 in Port Susan is deep, except at its north end, where it decreases from 

 14 to 2 fathoms. From Point Allen, the south point of McDonough 

 Island, to the head of Port Susan, is 9 miles, north-northwest. It is 

 completely land-locked. At its greatest width it is oh miles. 



Penn's Cove lies on the west side of Saratoga Passage. It is formed 

 by an indentation of the eastern side of Whidby's Island, immediately 

 to the east of Point Partridge. In shape it is a parallelogram, 3 

 miles east and west, by 1 mile wide. Off the south point of its 

 entrance is a sandspit, extending half a mile from the shore. In 

 Penn's Cove there is good anchorage, in 8 to 15 fathoms, which is a 

 safe and convenient harbor ; and the usual supplies can be obtained. 



I have named the extent of water between Penn's Cove and Point 

 Polnell, Duncan's Bay ; it is 3i miles wide by 1 deep. On the west 



