The inlet is divided into two lakes, connected by a deep channel, over shadowed by forested hills.  These narrows .. corresponding to the handle of a heavy dumbbell, are about a mile long, and run in a straight line like a Titanic canal.

            A continuous play of light and shade banishes monotony from its varying shores.  Its days are heralded by sunrises in rose and gold, and dayfall is frequently presaged by colour splendor, rivaled only by the rare Aurora Australis.