PORT PEGASUS,

Southland Times, Issue 620, 18 January 1867, Page 7

PORT PEGASUS,

Seventeen miles to the southward of Lord's, River, is aptly termed, by Capt. Stokes, a port." Lying parallel with the coast, it is of suf-', ficient capacity to hold a fleet. The three ship; channels render it easy of entrance, particularly 1 "Broad Passage,'' while there is a good boatj passage between" Anchorage and Noble Islands. ; It abounds in nooks and coves, both in the north t and south arms, where the depth of water will j permit small craft to anchor close in-shore. . • The Laud is good, though its general character is steep, and is densely timbered with thick undergrowth. There is an abundance of flax here, which is not noticeable' in most of the other harbors. At the back of Seal Creek— a deep inlet running in a northerly and easterly direction from the main harbor —of Evening and " Shipbuilder's Coves, and to the north ; east'6f Sylvan Cove, the hills are bare and stony. If there is any gold to be found on the Island, I would imagine the gullies at the foot of these hills to be the: most likely places to reward the search for iti . Timbee here has a luxuriance of growth superior to any other part of the Island, arid is admirably adapted for shipbuilding purposes. Spars for vessels could be obtained in guantityj and with little difficulty : cut on the sides of the isteep hills, they could with ease be rolled to thd water's edge. It consists of red, black, and white pines, and the usual iron wood. There. are numerous coves well adapted for shipbuilding yards ; and the appliances, so far as timber is concerned, can he procured with facility, of the best .quality, and unlimited as regards supply. : Wiia>. JEtowii are tolerably plentiful, and wood hens abound. Here, for the first time, I saw a pretty little bird called the Jack, with red wattles,. and burnished.r ed feathers oa the back and iringß. Shit bird- is, I tsadatfitaad, ptemiHW

to' the BouWrnpart of theleland. fo aotajg. in^lb^dUßT^eft-rir'eiaU"t6^Hrof the tuiT <* parson birds.-.FisJiiof every description fire abun* .dant, as also-sheU-fish^- — I — ; — The picturesque, and in some parts/pSrtliularly the South Arm, assumes features -of igraaideuiL from'" the remarkable bare granite -cones*, which,., though- in reality on the shore's o^ifche' West' Coast,. are ;;seen for the first time; from.tiie east side on entering the harbor. '■' RfiSEEtTGs; — 5 would; recommend a township reserve of 150 acres at Observation Cove, Acheron Anchorage. This is opposite the safest anchoring ground in the Port. f One of lOOaereß at Sylvan Cove ; one of 50 acres at Fright Cove; and one (for a Lighthouse) of 40 acres at Smooth Point, Pearl Island.