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from it. There are only 3^ fathoms in the narrow channel between 

 Burke and Little Burke islands. 



King" island is ^ mile long, and is narrow, consisting of several 

 hummocks joined by shingle beaches. It is off the north end of 

 Merchant island, separated by a channel nearly 200 yards wide, 

 with only 3 feet in it at low water. 



Hole-in-the-"wall island, so called from a hole in the cliffs on 

 the eastern side, consists of two portions, the northern of bare rock 

 almost joined to the southern, which is a double mound 130 feet high, 

 with a now neck between. 



The channel between the two latter islands is 150 j^ards wide, and 

 has 4^ fathoms water in it. 



Dang-ers. — West of these islands is a cluster of rocks and shoals 

 extending westward If miles, through which no vessel should attempt 

 to pass. 



Rowland rock, awash at high water and steep-to all around, is 

 the outer of the group, and bears 303°, distant If miles from the 

 southwestern point of Hole-in-the-wall island. Shoal ground, with 

 uneven bottom, extends south-southeastward from Rowland rock, ter- 

 minating at ^ mile distance in a rocky patch with 16 feet of water on 

 it. This shoal ground is steep-to on its eastern and western sides. 



Clearing marks. — Tom Walsh lookout (the first high hill on the 

 southern shore of Long harbor, eastward of Long Harbor head) open 

 northeastward of Merchant island, bearing 109°, leads northeastward 

 of the shoals, and the southern shore of Long harbor open southward 

 of Ram islands, bearing 75°, leads southward of them. 



Red island shoal, an isolated ledge with 4 feet water over it, and 

 deep water at 100 yards around, lies in the fairway of Placentia bay, 

 with Fish rock, bearing 131°, distant nearly- 2 miles, and Rowland 

 rock, bearing 68°, distant 1^ miles; it breaks only in heavy weather. 



Clearing marks. — Fish rock, well open eastward of Fox island, 

 and bearing 127°, leads southwestward ; and Tom Power lookout 

 shut in with the Lower Rams, bearing 74°. leads northward of this 

 shoal. 



The Lower Rams are a group of low islets and rocks, which 

 should not be approached nearer than a quarter of a mile; the highest 

 is about 60 feet high. Harbor island, the largest, near the southern 

 end of the group, is so called from an inlet on its northern side, which 

 nearly dries at low water, and where fishing craft shelter. 



Between these islands and the mainland are several banks Avith 

 7^ and 8 fathoms, but there are no dangers except the following: 



A shoal, with 4^ fathoms water, bears 86° distant 1,600 yards from 

 Gull island, the eastern of the Lower Rams. 



Communication. — The steamer ivom. Placentia calls at Ram 

 islands weeklv. 



