HARBOR SHOAL FORTUNE VILLAGE. 185 



Harbor shoal, with 4-| fathoms water over it, bears 180°. distant 

 Too yards from Major point. 



Tides. — It is high water, fnll and change, at Brunet island at 

 9h. 3m. ; springs rise Q^ feet, neaps -1:^ feet. 



Ice approached Brunei island between March 20 and April 5, 1867; 

 this may be considered as the western inshore limit of the eastern ice. 



Water. — Streams flow into Mercer cove. 



Anchorage.- — ^There is fair anchorage in a bay on the eastern side 

 of Brunei island in 6 to 13 fathoms water, sheltered from southerly 

 and westerly winds, but some rocks off the head of the bay and nearly 

 I mile from the shore, as well as a shoal, with 15 feet water over it, 

 bearing 273°, distant 800 yards from Little cape, must be avoided. 



Little Brunet islands lie close southwestward of Bnmet island. 



Bird island has a sharp peak 384 feet high, and ^ mile westward of 

 of it are Brandies rocks which uncover 2 feet at low water. 



Puffin bank, with 3| fathoms water over it, bears 79°, distant 1,400 

 yards from Puffin island. 



Plate islets are three in number and rocky; Big' Plate islet, 49 

 feet high, bears 222°, distant 4^ miles from the western end of Brunet 

 island; Little Plate islet, 33 feet high, bears 211°, distant If miles 

 from Big plate. 



Numerous rocks and shoals surround these islets; those with less 

 than 10 fathoms are said to break in heavy weather, and none of them 

 should be approached within the distance of 1 mile. 



Sagona island, 2.56 feet high, bears 23°, distant 6 miles from 

 Little cape of Brunet island. On its western side is a small inlet 

 suitable only for fishing vessels; a sunken rock in the middle of the 

 entrance makes the passage difficult except in very fine weather. 

 Numerous banks, some of which break in bad weather, surround 

 Sagona island. 



Crew point is the southern entrance point of Fortune bay, and 

 Sugarloaf rock, conspicuous, conical, and 26 feet high, lies close 

 westward of it ; a cluster of houses and a flagstaif stand near the 

 point. A ledge of rocks extends 1,200 yards southwestward from the 

 point, and Crew Point shoal, with 5i fathoms of water over it, bears 

 236°, distant 1^ miles from the point. Little Dantzic cove lies If 

 miles in a northerly direction from Crew point; Great Dantzic cove, 

 the northern point of which is Daiitzic point, is situated 2 miles 

 farther northward ; the holding ground in this cove is bad. 



Fortune head, situated 7| miles in a northeasterly direction from 

 Dantzic point, is composed of steep cliffs, with rocks off-lying for 200 

 yards; at the western end of the head is a hillock with a single tree 

 on it. 



Fortune village is situated ^ miles east-southeastward of Fortune 

 head, and there is fine weather anchoraae off it in 6 to 10 fathoms 



