PORT ADVENTURE,

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

PORT ADVENTURE,

Ten miles southward of Paterson Inlet, is a good harboi-, easy of entrance, with any wind, for small craft, — there being room to beat, deep water, and safe anchorage. The Land on the shore is good, and not so hilly as at Paterson Inlet; more particularly along the banks of Heron River, the navigation up which is easy for boats drawing five feet water. The scenery is very picturesque : there is a series of small sandy beaches, with gentle slopes to them, affording beautiful sites for dwellings and cultivation. Oxstee Cote is also well adapted for settlement, the water being deep, and the land as well sheltered as in Heron River ; indeed, small vessels could find shelter here from any trind. This cove has obtained its name from the fecundity and excellence of its oyster beds, which, I am sorry to say, have become almost depopulated, owing to ihe want of protection from abuse; though I hare, little doubt that, with judicious supervision, they will become, in a few years, as prolific as formerly. Resebve. — I would recommend a reserve of 200 acres for a township at White Beach, between Red Sand Cove and Heron River, as per sketch. This site has an easterly aspect, is sheltered from the prevalent winds, and boats can land at any state of the tide. . : . . Tr&iBEB. — Principally black and red pines, and iron wood in great abundance.