GEOGRAPHICAL DATA. 649 



The Ha ha is an inlet stretching 1 mile in a westerly direction to 

 the northward of Aldridge and Kiehards heads, and it is clear till 

 within 100 yards of its head, near which there is anchorage for small 

 vessels in 10 to 12 fathoms water, but exposed to easterly winds. 



Burgeo is a considerable village on the eastern side of Grandy 

 island ; it has several conspicuous houses, and a wooden church with 

 a short spire. 



Communication. The Newfoundland Railway steamer from St. 

 Johns calls here weekly during summer and autumn. 



There is a telegraph station at Burgeo. 



Supplies can generally be obtained at Burgeo in small quantities, 

 and water from bay de Loup. 



Smalls island is the southern of the group of islets and rocks off 

 the eastern cost of Grandy island, and bet\yeen it and the island is a 

 good harbor for boats and small vessels, with 11 feet of water in it. 

 There is a flagstaff on the island. 



Rock Beacon. A rock, bearing 65, distant 300 yards from 

 Furber point, the southern point of Grandy island, covers 1 foot at 

 high water. There is a beacon on it. 



Ship dock is a small cove westward of Furber point and between 

 that point and Franks island, around which are situated the wharves 

 and warehouses of the principal trading firm at Burgeo; the agent's 

 double-storied house shows conspicuously from all directions, and 

 there is a flagstaff on Furber point. 



Mercer point, the southwestern end of Grandy island, is a bluff 

 dark point forming the southern point of Mercer cove, an inlet ex- 

 tending northwestward 800 yards into Grandy island. The cove 

 forms two basins; it is crossed by a bridge, and a low neck of land 

 separates it from Long reach to the south westward. A small islet 

 lies in the entrance northeastward of Mercer point, and small vessels 

 shelter in the outer basin. 



The Sandbanks. Grip head, westward, distant 1-& miles from 

 Mercer point, is 152 feet high, and close southward of it are the Sand- 

 banks, 70 feet high ; Sandbanks point, about 850 yards farther south- 

 ward, was formerly their southern end, but it is now an island and 

 there is a passage with a depth of about 1 fathoms between the 

 Sandbanks and Sandbanks point. 



Sandbanks Point island lies close southeastward of Sandbanks 

 point; some rocks, always above water, lie southward of Sandbanks 

 point, with 3 fathoms of water close to them. 



Beacon. A white rectangular beacon stands on Sandbanks Point 

 island, and is conspicuous. 



Burgeo islands^ [Lat. 47 36' 20" N., Long. 57 36' 33" W.], a nu- 

 merous group of islands and rocks, are composed of Laurentian gneiss, 

 and show white where bare, excepting Round and Harbor islands, 

 which are composed of dark micaceous gneiss. Only the important 

 islands are described herein. 



Boar island, the northeasternmost of the group, and situated south- 

 westward, about If miles from Bay de Loup point, is 201 feet high. 

 It is divided by a marsh; the southern or higher portion is wedge- 

 shaped, and shoals, with 2 fathoms of water over them, extend nearly 

 200 yards from the southeastern point and about 100 yards from the 

 northeastern point. 



