THE COAST
Erom Cave Point to Wilson Bay. is full of indentations which can afford shelter in all cases to small braft ; in many, to vessels of any size. Thus every facility is afforded for communication along the shores, which, when settlements* are . formed, will make the inhabitants ..independent of roads. On the south and west side of the Island, navigation is dangerous. " The harbors are few. and. far apart, and a continual heavy. -'swell from the westward breaks on an iron-bound, precipi; tons, inhospitable shore. That portion of it from Easy Cove to Hugged Point, is remarkably broken and rugged in appearance. The bare stony hills, rising abruptly from" the sea, presenting in some placeß a singularly castellated appearance. • The; color of the rooks ie peculiar,' more about £sd Hetti. T/ ;
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Southland Times, Issue 620, 18 January 1867, Page 7
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132THE COAST Southland Times, Issue 620, 18 January 1867, Page 7
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