126 CAPE EACE TO CREW POINT. 



Leading- mark. — -The summit of High lookout, over Presque, in 

 line with the northern end of Little isle of Valen, bearing about 

 252°, leads northward of this rock and southward of those off Dutch 

 Cap island. 



Canary isles are a group of low rocks, the highest covered with 

 grass and 23 feet above high water. 



Shoals extend in all directions and almost block the channel north 

 of these islets. 



A shoal with 12 feet bears 101° distant 300 yards from the highest, 

 and Trinity shoal, with 9 feet water, extends 200 yards in a direction 

 56° from the northernmost of Canary isles. 



Net rocks lie off the south shore of Great isle of Valen, and are 4 

 feet above high water. A rock, with 1 foot water on it. lies 100 

 yards westward of Net rocks. 



Betty island, 84 feet high, round, and covered with brush wood, 

 is joined at low water to the southwestern extreme of Great isle of 

 Valen. A conical hill 480 feet high lies close within Betty island. 



The west shore of Great isle of Valen is almost straight. Francis 

 cove, a small bight with a few houses round it, is ^ mile from the 

 southern point. A sunken rock lies close to the north point of the 

 cove. Net rocks, 1 foot above high water, are joined to the shore ^ mile 

 north of Francis cove, and a rock with 5 feet of water bears 149° 

 distant 1} miles from the northern extreme of the island and about 

 80 3^arcls from the shore. 



Grandy point, on the mainland. 1,600 yards southwestward of 

 the southern end of Little isle of Valen, is the name of a settlement 

 surrounding a cove, nearly 200 yards across, that affords good 

 sheltered anchorage for fishing craft, in 4 fathoms water, except with 

 northeasterly winds. A small islet, with a house on it, lies north- 

 westward of the cove, and the southern entrance point is foul for 

 a short distance. 



Grandy Point rock is the turning point westward of the passage 

 between Great isle of Valen and the mainland; it just covers at high 

 water, and has foul ground extending 200 yards southward of it. 



The land southward of Grandy point comprisies a fiat ridge backed 

 by a peaked hill, 414 feet high, behind which rises another sharp 

 peak, 526 feet high. 



Rocky cove is situated southwestward ^ mile from Grandy Point 

 rock, and Rocky Cove sunker, a small rock that dries 4 feet, bears 

 206°, distant 250 yards from its northeastern point. Foul ground 

 nearly joins the rock to the point, and two shoals, the outer of which 

 has 12 feet water over it, extend eastward 400 yards from the rock. 



The coast to the southward of Roclry cove is rugged and cliffy, 

 falling from hills covered with moss, and is foul for a short distance. 



