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Big sunker lies south-southwestward 900 j^ards from Redland 

 and has 2 feet of water over it. 



Dirty rocks, 33 feet high, situated 400 yards off the coast at 

 1,400 yards southwestward from the southeastern point of Merasheen 

 island, consist of two prominent pinnacles, named, from their colors, 

 respectively, " Blue " and " Red " rocks, and several smaller rocks 

 which are joined at low water. 



Allen, Charley, Hennessy, and Owen rocks, having depths 

 of 6 to 10 fathoms, lie south-southwestward 2 to 2^ miles from Dirty 

 rocks, and are said to break in bad weather. 



Little shoal, with 8 feet of water over it, bears 96°, distant f mile, 

 and Barrett rock, with 4^ fathoms over it, lies 118°, ly^ miles from 

 Dirty rock. 



Big- Bald head, a conical wooded mound 211 feet high, lies in 

 the middle of the southern side of Merasheen island, and projects a 

 short distance from the coast. A waterfall descends over the cliifs in 

 the cove eastward of this head. 



Little Bald head, 1 mile west of Big Bald head, has, 400 yards 

 southeast of it, a rock with 20^ feet of water on it. 



Scrape Cove head, 419 feet high, is darker in color than the 

 background, and is continued to the southward by Long point, a flat 

 islet 51 feet high, which in turn is terminated by Long Point rock, 

 small, conical, and 10 feet high, off which, distant 140 yards, there is 

 a shoal, with 6 feet water over it. 



Merasheen harbor, at the southwestern end of Merasheen island, 

 is a good anchorage for small vessels; but the entrance is only 200 

 yards wide, and during and after a southwesterly gale the heavy 

 sea prevents access till it subsides. 



The harbor is divided into two parts by Soldier point, a narrow 

 promontory 31 feet high, and it is so encumbered by rocks and shoals 

 that local knowledge is required to enter it, and the ancliorage space 

 is very limited. 



West head forms the western and Cross point the eastern oiitrance 

 point of the harbor, from which sunken rocks extend 300 yards. 



Cross Point shoal, with 16 feet water on it, bears 250°, distant 

 700 yards from Long Point rock, and Big shoal, with 4f fathoms on 

 it, bears 238°, distant 105 yards from the same rock. The church in 

 line with the entrance to the harbor, bearing about 30°, leads west- 

 ward of these shoals. 



Shoals. — Several shoals, among which are Isaac rock and Inside 

 rock, not dangerous in ordinary weather, lie southward and also 

 westward of those just described, but some of them break in bad 

 weather and cause a confused sea in the approach to Merasheen 

 harbor. 



