THE TICKLES GEEAT PINCHGUT. 107 



The Tickles, at 14- miles from Famishgiit point, are a cluster of 

 rocky islets sheltering a space large enough for a few fishing boats, 

 which enter between the two northern rocks. 



Burnt head, 2 miles from Famishgut point, is a flat-topped, iso- 

 lated range, with a peak at each end 180 feet high. Burnt Head 

 sunker, 300 yards off Burnt Head point, covers 4 feet at high water, 

 and is bold-to on its western side. A shoal with 12 feet of water bears 

 8° distant 300 yards from it. 



Shag roost, 1,400 yards from Burnt Head, is a small conical islet, 

 66 feet high, and from its white color shows plainly against the land. 



Winging rock, bearing 261°, distant I mile from Shag roost, is 3 

 feet high, and steep-to on its western side. 



Rocks and shoals.- — A group of rocks, that cover, extend west- 

 ward If miles and southward from Winging rock. 



There is no passage through the group and vessels must keep west- 

 ward of it. 



Tom Sheaves rock, with 3 fathoms water, is the southwestern 

 of these dangers, and bears 329°, distant 1| miles from Famishgut 

 island. 



Big sunker, which covers 1 foot at high water, is the western, 

 bearing 346°, distant 2 miles from Famishgut island. A shoal with 

 7 feet of water bears 312°, distant I mile from Big sunker, and sunken 

 rocks extend southward from the latter 600 yards. 



Northwest rock covers 4 feet at high water, and is the northwest- 

 ern extreme of a line of shoals surrounding Big sunker; it bears 8°, 

 distant f mile from Big sunker. 



Middle rock, the northeastern of these shoals, bearing 264°, dis- 

 tant 550 yards from Northwest rock, covers 2 feet at high water, and 

 is steep-to on the north side. 



Little Pinchgut, north-northeastward 1 mile from Shag roost, is 

 fronted by barren rocks and shoals, but affords good shelter for small 

 coasting craft. 



A narrow passage leads between the shoals to the anchorage in 

 4 to 6 fathoms water, but its navigation requires local knowledge. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Little Pinchgut 

 harbor at 7h. 51m. ; springs rise 7 feet, neaps 5 feet. 



Great Pinchgut, a bay encumbered with shoals and affording no 

 shelter, lies northward of Little Pinchgut. Pinchgiit point, the west- 

 ern point of the bay, is a long, narrow, sloping point, terminating in 

 a small islet 37 feet high. A rock, awash at high water, lies close 

 northward of the islet ; and a shoal extends 600 yards south-southwest. 



The shore northward of Pinchgut point is rugged and shoal, 

 with rocks off all the points and should not be approached within 

 400 yards distance. 



