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few houses round Western cove. Glinclon rock, a small bare rock 3 

 feet above high water, lies close to the shore, south of Glindon cove. 



Anchorage. — There is anchorage in either arm of the cove, ac- 

 cording to the direction of the wind, in 12 to 16 fathoms water, in the 

 northeastern part, or in 20 fathoms in the southwestern part. 



Duck rocks, a ledge of dark, sharp rocks, extend from the south- 

 western end of Western Cove head. The highest is 61 feet high, 

 has a hole through it; the outer is a small gray rock 12 feet high, and 

 steep-to. 



Back cove, close northwestward of Duck rocks, is nearly filled 

 with Back Cove islets, a castellated group, reddish in color, the high- 

 est of which is 75 feet above high water. 



Coininunication. — The steamer from Placentia calls at Barren 

 island weekly. 



Green island, 850 yards southwestward of Barren island, is 55 feet 

 high and covered with grass over dark gray rock. It is 150 yards in 

 diameter, and has no danger beyond 100 yards from it except on the 

 western side. 



Green island rock, with 8 feet water over it, is at the end of a 

 bank extending northwestward 300 yards from Green island and 

 falling suddenly to deep water. 



Gulch, a basin 1,200 yards long, and 300 yards broad, on the coast 

 of the mainland westward of Barren island, and nearly 3-| miles 

 south-southwestward of La Plante, has an entrance only a few yards 

 wide, and is filled with large rocks, which leave no passage, even for a 

 boat, at low water springs. 



Ship island lies one mile southwestward of the southern end of 

 Barren island; its summit, situated near the middle of its north- 

 western side, is 248 feet high, round, and covered with wood. A few 

 white patches mark the cliffs near its northern end. The shores are 

 generally bold, with sn^all cliffs, but a rock, awash at low water, lies 

 200 yards from the middle of the eastern side of the island. The 

 eastern end of Burgeo island, open of the southeastern part of Ship 

 island, and bearing 204°, leads eastward of this rock. 



Shag rock, ^ mile west-southwestward of the southwestern end of 

 Ship island, is 12 feet high, 150 yards in extent, and steep-to. A 

 shoal, with 5^ fathoms and possibly less water on it, lies south- 

 southeastward a little more than 200 yards from Shag rock. 



Bell island, 143 feet high, is situated 800 yards south-southwest- 

 ward of Ship island; and a remarkable rock, from which the island 

 takes its name, about 20 feet high, shaped like an inverted bell, lies 

 close to its southwestern end. 



A rock, awash at low water, lies about 100 yards east-southeastward 

 of the island ; a second rock lies close northward of this one. 



