652 GEOGBAPHICAL DATA. 



size of the vessel. A sancl bank extends from the northwestern shore, 

 just within the point where the arm narrows, and a rock, with 12 

 feet water on it, lies in mid-channel off Billiard cove, a small bight 

 on the eastern shore. 



Muddy Hole point is the end of a conical hill 97 feet high, and 

 the apparent southern termination of a ridge extending from a hill 

 with a sharp peak 246 feet high, which bears 34, distant Ifk miles 

 from the point, and slopes northwestward to Gull pond, a salt-water 

 lagoon. Cow-house hill, northward about 2 miles from Gull pond, 

 is 855 feet high, and the highest land near the sea in this locality. 

 Round hill, northward about 2f miles from Muddy Hole point, is 570 

 feet high. Rocks extend southeastward and southward 800 yards 

 from Muddy Hole point; the summit of Baring island in line with 

 the southern end of Wreck island, bearing 99, leads southward of 

 them. 



Muddy Hole bay is open southward, and has a small boat cove in 

 its northeastern corner. 



Otter Point settlement, with a population of about 50, is situated 

 on the northern side of Duck island, a small island at the head of a 

 rugged bight immediately northwestward of Otter point. 



Local knowledge is necessary to approach this settlement, or the 

 anchorage between it and the mainland northward of it, and only 

 vessels drawing 12 feet or less water can enter it from the eastward. 

 The flagstaff of the settlement is all of it that is visible from seaward. 



Captain island, northward, 1 miles from Couteau Colombier, is 

 about | mile long in a northerly and southerly direction, mile wide, 

 and it rises in two hillocks, the northern being 216 feet high. The 

 whiteness of the rock of this island where bare, and the darkness of 

 the vegetation which covers the remainder, are noticeable. Its fea- 

 tures are much diversified, and there is a white stripe on one of the 

 hills on its northern side. 



Rock and shoals extend westward 1,200 yards from this island. 

 The passage between it and the mainland northward is 200 yards 

 wide, with a depth of 4 fathoms water in the fairway. 



Couteau lay [Lat. 47 40' 10" N., Long. 58 03' 00" W.] extends 

 northward 2f miles to Couteau brook entrance. The entrance to the 

 bay is almost blocked by islets and rocks, but there is one safe, though 

 narrow, passage through them. 



Couteau Flat rocks, 6 and 10 feet high, respectively, and the south- 

 ernmost of those above water off Couteau bay, are surrounded by 

 submerged rocks and shoals for a short distance. Copped Duck rock, 

 197, distant 1,300 yards from the 6 feet high Flat rock, and the outer 

 shoal off Couteau bay, has 5 fathoms water over it. Connoire head, 

 open southward of Shag island, bearing 85, leads southward, and the 

 eastern end of the land on the northwestern shore of Couteau bay, 

 open westward of the 10 feet high Flat rock, bearing 9, leads west- 

 ward of Copper Duck rock. 



Cinq Cerf bay [Lat. 47 40' 30" N., Long. 58 05' 30" W.] lies 

 next westward of Couteau bay, and is encumbered with islands and 

 rocks. The dividing point between the two bays is foul seaward to 

 White ground, the outer shoal, which is situated 900 yards south- 

 southwestward of the point, and has 2| fathoms water over it. 



Cinq Cerf islets lie eastward of the western entrance point to 

 Cinq Cerf bay. Their seaward coasts consist of steep gray cliffs. 



