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these coves are oj^en, but nevertheless afford anchorage with offshore 

 winds in 7 to 13 fathoms water. There are some houses on these 

 shores. 



Croney island, south-southeastward, distant TOO yards from 

 Tides cove point and close to the mainland, is a remarkable conical 

 island 170 feet high, wooded at the summit, with steep cliffs to the 

 eastward, and bold-to. 



Croney rock, with 5 fathoms of water over it, bears 152°, distant 

 250 yards from Croney island. The following-named rocks and 

 shoals lie within 1,200 yards easterly from Croney island: Croney 

 shoal, 6 to 8 fathoms; Laurence rock, 7 fathoms; Little Green point 

 shoal, 8 fathoms; and Green point shoal, 9 fathoms. 



Black Head rock bears 158°, distant 1,200 yards from Croney 

 island, and has 16 feet of water oyer it. 



Little Mortier bay, situated southwestward 1| miles from Croney 

 island, divides into two arms at its head; Mortier creek, the western, 

 is only suitable for fishing craft. 



Fox cove, the eastern arm, affords good anchorage in 10 fathoms, 

 though the space is confined ; it has a settlement on its eastern shore. 



Breakheart rock, bearing 179°. distant 250 yards from the west- 

 ern point of Cuckold cove, has 14 feet of water over it. 



Western rock, with 3 feet of water over it, bears 349°, distant 

 350 yards from Western island, on the western side of the bay, and 

 there is a rock, with 3 fathoms of water over it, between Western 

 rock and the shore; there are no other shoals. In entering the bay 

 keep in mid-channel. 



Mortier rock, with 3 fathoms of water over it, is the shoalest 

 part of Mortier bank, which is 3 miles long, northeastward and 

 southwestward, and ^ mile broad within the depth of 20 fathoms; 

 the rock bears 77°, distant Q^ miles from Burin lighthouse, and there 

 are depths of 6 to 11 fathoms of water close around it. 



Iron island, situated in a direction 212° at a distance of 1y% miles 

 from Western head of Little Mortier bay, is about 300 yards across, 

 and 160 feet high. 



Lig'ht. — A square white pyramidal tower, 18 feet high, situated 

 on Iron island at a height of 118 feet above the sea level, exhibits 

 a fixed red light, which should be visible from a distance of 8 miles 

 in clear weather. A flat-roofed, keeper's dwelling, attached to the 

 northern side of the light-tower, is also painted white. 



Brandy rocks, on which the sea always breaks, lie off the land 

 north-northeastward of Iron island, leaving a passage 800 yards 

 wide between them and the island. 



Leading- mark. — The northern end of Simmons island, the south- 

 ern entrance point of Little Burin harbor, just open of Pardy point, 



