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     var £20,000, and its exports over £16,000. Almost 
     
     ll kinds of supplies can be obtained here, and at 
     
     imes it is quite a rendezvous for American vessels, 
     
     hich seek the harbor for shelter and succor some- 
     
     imes in whole fleets. The name THREE RIVERS, 
     
     iven to this district, arises from the fact that three 
     
     emarkably beautiful rivers flow together into this 
     
     arbor, and give it a spaciousness well calculated 
     
     0 gratify and surprise the visitor. These three 
     
     rivers are: the Cardigan, the Montague, and the 
     
     Brudenell. Cardigan River is the largest, being 
     
     navigable for the largest ships to a distance of five 
     
     miles above Cardigan Point. This river enters Car- 
     
     digan Bay on the northeast side of Cardigan Point, 
     
     but it has some shoals and flats, which make caution 
     
     necessary. The Brudenell and Montague Rivers 
     
     unite their streams at Brudenell Point to the west- 
     
     ward of Georgetown Harbor; the former is naviga- 
     
     ble only about a mile up to the Brudenell islet, but 
     
     .small craft may go3 miles farther up, to the head of 
     
     the tide. Vessels ofconsiderable burthen can ascend 
     
     the Montague nearly to the bridge, a distance of say 
     
     4 miles, and boats about a mile further to where the 
     
     tide ends. The small tributary streams that flow 
     
     into these rivers are mere rivulets and brooks. 
     
     There will be some day a bridge across the Monta- 
     
     gue from Limekiln Point, where it is a little over a 
     
     quarter ofa mile to “ Engineer,” but it will not be 
     
     till Georgetown has learnt the value of 
     
     “ A long pull, a. strong pull, and a. pull all together.” 
     
    

    
     Boughton Bay and Grand River are away from 
     
     .Boughton Point, about 5 miles, and the harbour has 
     
     a dangerous bar at its entrance; immediately within 
     
     the entrance, the inlet is a mile wide, but the chan- 
     
     nel is divided, narrow and intricate, marked out 
     
     with stakes. This would be a fine harbor only for 
     
     its shallow bar. At Banks’ Point there is a wharf 
     
     and ferry. Here next in order is Blackett’s Creek, 
     
     Spry Cove and Point, Durell Point, Howe Bay and 
     
     Little River, Eglinton Cove and Point, Fortune 
     
     Bay, Rollo Bay and Point; next Colville Point or 
     
    

    
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