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the northern end of Pardy island, and seen between it and Charlie 

 island, bearing 260°, leads 200 yards southward of these rocks. 



E-ocks. — Galloper rock, with 10 feet of water over it, bears 98°, 

 distant 1,100 yards; Whitehorse rock, on which the depth is 4J fath- 

 oms, bears 124°, 1,150 yards; Gregory rock, with a depth of 6 feet, 

 bears 215°, 800 yards, and Dutch rock, with 3 fathoms of water over 

 it, bears 200°, 1,400 yards from Iron island. 



Leading marks. — Pardy point just open northward of Iron 

 island, bearing 270^, leads northward of Galloper and Whitehorse 

 rocks; and Bras point, just open southwestward of Iron island, bear- 

 ing 307°. leads southwestward of the same rocks. 



Burin harbors are several small coves and a long inlet, afford- 

 ing excellent shelter for vessels of all sizes. 



Burin island, which, with Pardy island, forms the seaboard and 

 protects the small coves, is 2-^^ miles long northward and southward; 

 the southeastern end is Dodding head, a remarkable bluff, which rises 

 to a conical hill, 400 feet high. Pardy island, separated from Burin 

 island b}^ the narrow and shalloAv Bull gut, continues northward for 

 1,300 yards. 



Lig'ht. — A cylindrical lighthouse, 25 feet high, surmounting a 

 square dwelling, painted white with a red roof, on the summit of Dod- 

 ding head, exhibits, at 430 feet above high water, a white revolving 

 light, which attains its greatest brilliancy every minute, and should 

 be seen from a distance of 24 miles in clear weather. Owing to the 

 great height of this light, it is often obscured by fog when the coast 

 is clear. 



Signals. — This light station is supplied with the International 

 code of signals. 



Dodding rock, awash at low water, bears 95° from the light- 

 house, distant nearly 600 yards from the shore. 



Cockle rock, with 3 fathoms of water over it, bears 188°, distant 

 470 yards from Cat island, a small island nearly joined to the south- 

 ern end of Dodding head. The southwestern end of Woody island, 

 just open westward of Shalloway head, bearing 324°, leads southwest- 

 ward of the rock. 



G-reat Burin harbor, on the southwestern side of Burin island, 

 and between that island and Shalloway island, has several rocks near 

 its head, and is only suitable for small vessels. Shoal water extends 

 westward more than 200 yards from Shalloway head, the western end 

 of Shalloway island, and breaks in bad weather; therefore when 

 rounding the head give it a good berth. 



Mine, Oven, and Hooper rocks, lie off the western side of 

 Burin island; to clear them, when using Burin passage, between Burin 

 island and the mainland, keep the western side of the passage aboard. 



