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point of Belle isle, affords a valuable guide when approaching the 

 strait of Belleisle from the eastward in foggy weather. 



Westward of this bank, and between it and the bank, on which the 

 depths are less than 100 fathoms, stretching eastward some 8 miles 

 from Belle isle, the depths are from 101 to 208 fathoms, sand. 



Tooker bank. — A series of small banks lies between latitude 

 51° 43i' and 51° 47' K, and longitude 54° 57^' and 55° 0' W. The 

 largest of these banks within the 50-fathom line is about 1 mile long 

 north-northeast and south-southwest, and ^ mile wide, with a least 

 depth of 14 fathoms; the position of this depth bears 70°, distant 

 l7x% miles from Cape Bauld lighthouse. Other heads of 32 to 50 fath- 

 oms lie northward and northwestward of this bank, being apparently 

 the summits of a very uneven ridge. Westward of these banks is a 

 large gully, about 90 to 110 fathoms deep, from which the soundings 

 gradually decrease to the depth of 60 fathoms, and thence more sud- 

 denly toward the land. 



