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110 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. where vessels drawing 9 feet or less may lie in safety in any weather. The west pier extends about 00 feet farther south than the east pier, which breaks the rolling sea from the SW. The light is on the east pier, and visible but a short distance. One and one-half miles west of Darlington, is Raby Head, a high clay bluff point, destitute of trees or bushes. BOND HEAD OR PORT OF NEWCASTLE. Between 4 and 5 miles, EbyN of Darlington, is the Port of Bond Head. It consists of a pier run out into 10 feet water; but, from its exposed situation, can only be approached in fine weather, or when the wind is off shore. Danezr.--F our miles east of this port, there is a large boul- der, some distance in the lake, called the Peach Stone, and four * miles east of this again, there is a reef of boulders, extending 300 yards into the lake, in a southerly direction off the head- land. Course to clear these reefs, bound to Cobourg, ESN, 20 miles, giving the shore a berth of 1 mile; thence NEbyE3E for Port Hope, and ENE#E for Cobourg. : PORT HOPE Is 23 miles ESN of Darlington, which is formed by running two rows of piers into 13 feet water, having a basin at their inner or northern extremity. During a SE or SW gale, this port cannot be made by large vessels, drawing over 9 feet water, with safety, owing to the tremendous swell rolling in from the lake; besides which, the piers being only 125 feet apart at the mouth, and the basin very small, there is no room to check the speed of a vessel, or to snub her without danger to herself or others. During a southerly gale, also, the swell in the basin is So great as to cause vessels to lay uneasy. From 'any wind N of E or W, this is a perfectly safe and snug harbor. COBOURG. The Harbor of Cobourg is situated seven miles east of Port Hope, and is formed of pier work. A shifting bar of sand is thrown up during a SW gale, which renders the entrance to it still more dangerous than Port Hope for vessels of deep draught. The harbor is more capacious, and when once entered