LITTLE BUTLER ISLAND DARBY HARBOR. 135 



Little Butler island, SO feet high, is situated south-south- 

 westward 800 yards from Butler island and 200 yards from Mera- 

 sheen island. 



Dog" harbor, ]Merasheen island, the entrance to which is 1,600 

 yards south-southwestward of Little Butler island, is 950 yards long, 

 400 yards broad, and clear of shoals; it affords anchorage in G to 15 

 fathoms of water. 



Just inside the eastern point is a narrow neck, 35 yards across, over 

 which boats are hauled to the channel between Merasheen and Ragged 

 islands. 



Merchant cove, on the southern side of the isthmus joining 

 Dog Harbor head to Merasheen island, is available only for one or 

 two small vessels, and is open southward. 



Rosiru point, 2 miles southward of Dog Harbor head, projects 

 to the eastward, and forms a bight 600 yards deep, terminating in a 

 narrow creek. Small vessels anchor off this bight ; but they must 

 give the point a berth of 200 yards to avoid the rocks extending 

 from it. 



Rosiru island, bearing 196°, distant 1^ miles from Rosiru point, 

 is If miles long, and separated from Merasheen by a clear channel 

 nearly 200 yards wide at its narrowest part. 



Bird islands compose a group lying eastward ^ mile from Rosiru 

 island. Duck rocks are two small bare islets; the higher, 6 feet high, 

 lies northward 600 yards from Bird islands. 



Rosiru sunker dries 2 feet at low water, and bears about south 

 800 yards from the southern end of Bird islands. A ledge extends 

 northward 250 yards, and a rock, with 16 feet of water over it, lies 

 southwestward, 150 yards from the sunker. 



Indian harbor, jNferasheen island, ^ mile deep, is entered on 

 either side of Southwest island, which is 187 feet high, and lies in the 

 middle of the entrance; the better passage is that eastward of the 

 island. 



Anchorage. — The head of the harbor, which is shallow, affords 

 excellent anchorage for fishing craft; but the anchorage for vessels is 

 very limited, as a shoal extends 140 yards from the southwestern 

 shore, just within Southwest island, leaving a clear space only 200 

 yards across. 



Darby harbor, an open cove, lies close southward of Indian harbor. 



The coast of Merasheen island trends south-southwestward 5^ 

 miles from Indian harbor to Redland, a remarkable slip in the cliffs 

 of a more yellowish hue than the color of those in Red island; this 

 distinction should prevent mistakes in identification. Hogan cove, 

 north-northeastward 1| miles from Redland, affords shelter for 

 fishing boats from offshore winds. 



