JEAN DE GAUNT ISLAND GALTON ISLAND. 131 



Jean de Gaunt island is the most remarkable of the southwest- 

 ern portion of Ragged islands, being surmounted by a conspicuous 

 hill, with a sharp fall near the summit, and 388 feet above high 

 water. This island is 1^ miles long and 1,200 yards wide, and con- 

 tains numerous hills, divided by deep valleys. The most remarkable 

 hills besides the summit are a bluff hill, with a triangular rock at 

 the top, 292 feet above high water, over the southwestern extremity, 

 and a sharp peaked hill, 282 feet high, near the northwestern extreme. 

 The shores are bold and cliffy, with a few small coves, to which the 

 hills slope less steeply. 



Jean de Gaunt harbor is a small cove, nearly 200 yards deep, 

 that affords shelter only for small craft, and is situated on the north- 

 west shore of the island, 800 yards from the northwestern extreme. 

 Small craft enter by keeping the southwestern shore of the harbor 

 on board. 



Jean de Gaunt Harbor sunker, awash at low water, bears 290°, 

 distant 850 yards from the entrance, and a shoal, with 5^ fathoms 

 on it, lies 200 yards beyond. 



Frank head, a projection with two wooded mounds, 106 and 89 

 feet high, forms the north entrance point. Three shoals lie off this 

 head, with 3 feet least water on them. 



Anchorage. — Jean de Gaunt island anchorage is situated at the 

 northeastern end of the island, off a cove where are some white houses. 

 The approach from the northward is possible only for vessels 

 of 10 feet or less draft, and then only with a local pilot, but there is 

 a clear channel from the southward. 



Directions. — Keep in mid-channel between Merasheen island to 

 the eastward and Gray Gull island to the westward. Approach 

 Jarvis islands (the group next northeastward of Gray Gull island) 

 within ^ mile, and then pass between Creve islands on the north- 

 west, and Jarvis and Jean de Gaunt islands on the southeast. Round 

 the latter at the distance of 100 yards, and anchor off the cove before 

 mentioned. 



Large vessels anchor between Creve islands and the entrance to the 

 cove in 11 to 16 fathoms water, mud bottom. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at Jean de Gaunt island 

 at 8h. 6m. ; springs rise 7 feet, neaps 5 feet. 



King- island, the largest of the Ragged islands, is 5 miles long, 

 and nearly divided in several places by deep coves from either side. 

 Northward of King island there is a labyrinth of small islands and 

 rocks. The eastern coast of King island has not been surveyed. 



Galton island, nearly 600 yards north-northeastward of Jean de 

 Gaunt island, has a square summit 76 feet high. A small creek on 

 its southern side, surrounded by houses, affords good shelter to fishing 

 craft. 



