140 CAPE RACE TO CREW POINT. 



Communication. — The steamer from Placentia calls at Buffet 

 harbor weekly. 



Little harbor, situated northward 1^ miles from Buffet harbor, is 

 available only for small fishing craft, for which there is good anchor- 

 age in 4 fathoms water, mud bottom. 



Kearney head is a large, steep bluff, 192 feet high. 



Collett cove, northward 2 miles from Little harbor, affords fair 

 anchorage in 5 to 10 fathoms water, sand bottom. Collett Cove 

 island, at its entrance, is 45 feet high. 



In approaching from the south, one should give the southeastern 

 point of the cove a good berth in order to avoid a rock that covers at 

 high water, situated 100 yards off. 



Northeast and Southwest coves are situated 2 miles northward 

 ^of Collett cove. They are entirely exposed. 



ShagTOOst is a vertical rock 69 feet high, with several low islets, 

 situated in northeast cove. 



Haystack harbor, situated north-northeastward 4 miles from 

 Collett cove, is westward of a wedge-shaped peninsula, 256 feet high, 

 joined to the mainland by a shingle beach on which are some houses. 

 There is good anchorage in the harbor in 5 fathoms water, mud bot- 

 tom, sheltered from all winds; and the inhabitants state that even 

 in winter gales small vessels lie there securely. Both sides of the 

 entrance to the harbor are clear at a short distance from the shore. 



The name Haystack comes from a small island resembling a hay- 

 stack, situated 400 yards north-northeastward from the northeastern 

 point of the peninsula. 



Communication. — The steamer from Placentia calls at Haystack 

 harbor weekly. 



Long Island point is a narrow tongue of land which is the north- 

 ern end of Long island. 



Cheese island lies north-northwestward about 1,200 yards from 

 Long Island point ; it is 145 feet high. 



The Jerseyman, a bare rock 14 feet high, lies south-southwest- 

 ward 1 mile from Cheese island, and bears 314'^, distant 700 yards 

 from Long Island point. 



Bread island, bearing 5°. distant ly^^ miles from Long Island 

 point, is wooded, conical, and 229 feet high. A shoal, with 15 feet 

 water over it, lies 300 yards from its southwestern end. 



Caution. — The channel between Bread and Cheese islands has a 

 rock with 12 feet water on it in mid-channel. The channel between 

 the Jerseyman and Long Island point is clear of dangers and deep. 



Spencer cove, on the northwestern side of Long island and south- 

 southwestward 2 miles from Long Island point, is nearly | mile deep. 

 Rocks, 4 feet high, lie just within the northern entrance point, which 

 extends 200 yards east-southeast, forming a reef, a part of which is 



