146 CAPE RACE TO CREW POIXT. 



islands; and the head of the basin narrows to a shallow creek 600 

 yards long. 



Mouse island, 17 feet high, is a small, grassy rock, 150 yards 

 from the southern extreme of Burnt islands, with a reef extending 

 200 yards from the southern end. A rock that covers 4 feet bears 

 79°, distant 150 yards, and a shoal with 7 feet of water bears 115° 

 the same distance from Mouse island. 



Anchorage for small vessels may be had in 6 fathoms northwest- 

 ward of Mouse island, but they must pass over a bar with 3| fathoms 

 water between that island and the mainland. 



Woody island, about 700 yards in length and the same in breadth, 

 lies ^ mile south of Burnt islands, and is separated from the mainland 

 by a deep, clear channel 300 yards wide. It is surmounted by three 

 wooded hummocks; the highest, over the southern side, being 228 

 feet high, slopes steeply to the water line, and may be approached 

 to within 100 yards. 



Hay island, 2 miles westward of Nonsuch head, 800 yards long, 

 and narrow, is surmounted by a wooded cone 100 feet high and is 

 joined to the mainland by shoal water; a low black rock lies close 

 off its southwestern end, and another just southeastward of its north- 

 eastern end, but the southeastern coast is bold-to. 



Hay Island bank, with 9 fathoms water on it, lies southeastward 

 ^ mile from Hay island. 



Cape Roger is a steep cliff, 150 feet high, the southern termination 

 of a remarkable moss-covered head and 500 feet high, situated 

 northwestward of Hay island and falling almost in a perpendicular 

 line to the sea. A low black rock lies close to the foot of the cliff. 

 The east coast of this cape may be approached close-to. but the west 

 shore has shoal water a short distance from it. 



Cape Roger island, 220 feet high and wooded, lies westward 

 nearly 1 mile from cape Roger. Shingle beaches fringe the north- 

 eastern shore and several rocks lie off the northwestern and north- 

 eastern coasts at the distance of 200 yards. 



A rock, with 7 feet of water over it, bears 67°, distant 450 yards 

 from the rock at the northeastern point, and another, with 12 feet of 

 water over it, lies 600 yards in a direction 62° from the same rock; a 

 third, with 8 feet of water over it, lies 140°, distant 300 yards from 

 the southern point of the island. 



Cape Roger bay extends north by east 4 miles on the western 

 side of cape Roger, and is nearly 1 mile wide at its entrance, narrow- 

 ing to 600 yards at 1 mile within, and to 300 yards at a short distance 

 farther, keeping that breadth to near its head. A cluster of islets 

 lies just within the entrance, 250 yards from the eastern shore; the 

 southern, a pinnacle 10 feet high, and the northern flat, 6 feet above 



