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northward about 100 yards, and a shoal on ^Yhich the depth is 2f 

 fathoms, westward 200 yards from the rock. These shoals lie on a 

 bank about 700 yards long in an easterly and westerly direction, with 

 dei^ths of 4 to 9 fathoms on it. 



Lord and Lady island, 75 feet high, lies southeastward ^ mile 

 from Bob Head promontory, and Thrum cap, a small steep island, 87 

 feet high, lies easterly 800 yards from the middle of this island. 



Bog and Belle islands lie northeasterly, 1^ miles and 2f miles, 

 respectively, from Lord and Lad}^ island; Dog island is 202 feet, and 

 Belle island 293 feet high. A shoal, one rock of which dries 2 feet, 

 extends southward 600 yards from Dog island. Dog Island bank 

 comprises three rocks ; the shoalest, with 9 feet of water over it, bears 

 117°, distant li miles from the southern end of Dog island. 



Long" island, 1^ miles long, GOO Awards broad, and 375 feet high, is 

 I mile southward of Bob Head promontory, and Barrow rock, 15 

 feet high, lies nearly in the middle of the channel between. Tickle 

 island lies on a bank extending from the southeastern part of Long 

 island. 



Chapel island, 2f miles long in a northerly and southerly direc- 

 tion, about 1^ miles broad, and 843 feet high, is bold-to on all sides 

 but the northern, and is situated J mile southward of Long island, 

 the channel between being foul. Farmers cove, at its northeastern 

 end, affords anchorage for small craft in 5 fathoms water. 



Belloram, or Bande de I'Arier harbor, is on the mainland south- 

 Avestward of Chapel island, and Iron head, a high bluff, rises almost 

 perpendicularly 1,129 feet from the sea at 1^ miles northward of the 

 harbor. A semicircular beach forms a snug harbor for small vessels, 

 with 5 fathoms water in it, and large vessels anchor northward of the 

 harbor in 14 to 18 fathoms; a large settlement surrounds the harbor. 



Light. — A white toAver, 37 feet high, on Beach point, exhibits at 

 35 feet above high water a fixed white light, which should be seen 

 from a distance of 7 miles in clear weather. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Belloram harbor at 

 8h. 59m.; springs rise G feet. 



Communication. — The Newfoundland Railway steamer from 

 St. Johns calls at Belloram weekly during summer and autumn. 



St. Jacques island, situated 3 miles southward of Belloram, and 

 700 yards offshore, is 1G3 feet high and consists of two hummocks 

 joined by a low neck; it may be approached to a short distance all 

 around. 



Light. — A white circular iron tower, 38 feet high, on St. Jacques 

 island, exhibits, at 132 feet above the level of the sea, an intermittent 

 white light every ten seconds, thus : Light seven seconds, eclipse three 

 seconds, which should be seen from a distance of 15 miles in clear 

 weather. 



