FOX HARBOR MORATTIES. 101 



Leading" marks. — Fox island, shut in compietel}^ with Isaac point, 

 bearing 316°, leads eastward; Long harbor head, open northwestward 

 of Isaac point, bearing 13°, leads 300 yards northwestward; and 

 Sugarloaf, over the first gap in the hills eastward of the Xeck of Isaac, 

 and bearing 41°, leads southward of these shoals. To proceed up Pla- 

 centia sound it is necessary only to observe these leading marks and 

 then kee]) in mid-channel. 



Fox harbor, a mile eastward of Isaac heads, by which it is shel- 

 tered, is a shallow basin with houses on the surrounding shores; there 

 are de^^ths of 2 to 2^ fathoms inside, but the entrance between shoals 

 stretching from both shores has only 5 feet in it at low water. Sam- 

 son point, a low hummock, 45 feet high, under a flat hill 350 feet" 

 above high water, is the turning point into the harbor from Placentia 

 sound. Off the point lies Shag rock. 5 feet high. 



Ice. — Placentia sound freezes early in February from White point 

 to Coxhill point, and the ice breaks up about April 1. 



Ship harbor extends northeastward 4| miles from Isaac point. 

 It is clear of shoals except close to the shore and within 500 yards 

 of the head. 



Northeast cove, the eastern part of Ship harbor at 3 miles from 

 Isaac point, is open to seaward and affords no shelter. It is separated 

 from the main part of the harbor by Sugarloaf point. 



Conway cove is on the northwestern side of Ship harbor, and 

 from this cove to the head of the harbor there is anchorage as con- 

 venient for vessels. 



Two remarkable hills lie on the eastern side of Ship harbor — 

 Sharp peak. 830 feet high, over the head of the harbor, and Sugar- 

 loaf, 803 feet high, and faced by shingle debris, sloping to Northeast 

 cove. 



Ice. — Ship harbor freezes early in February from the point of 

 Conway cove to Sugarloaf point, and the ice breaks up about 

 April 1. 



Fox island lies northward, distant 2^% miles from Latine point; 

 it is 250 feet high, and is partly wooded, the southern part being bare 

 from the summit. Shoal water extends 200 yards from its eastern 

 point. 



Moratties are shoal banks extending AvestAvard, nearly 2 miles from 

 Ship Harbor point, but there is a channel, with 21 to 27 feet water 

 in it, between Ship Harbor point and the banks. The western patch, 

 with 3 feet least water, bears 109°, distant j\ mile from the western 

 point of Fox island, and is 400 yards long. The eastern patch, 1,600 

 yards long east and west, is separated by a channel 300 yards wide 

 from the western patch and by a channel 900 yards wide from the 

 shoal water off Ship Harbor point. 



