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Great and Little islands, 482 and 270 feet high, respectively, are 

 northwestward of the harbor and in the middle of the bay; some 

 rocks lie southward of these islands. 



Anchorage. — Small vessels can anchor, in 4: to 14 fathoms water, 

 in Salmonier, at the head of Connaigre bay, but eastward of Great 

 island there is no other anchorage except for boats. 



Dawson cove, on the northern side of the bay, about 5 miles in 

 a northerly direction from Connaigre head, affords anchorage in 6 

 fathoms of water, but it is open to southerly winds. 



Dog" Cove head is at the southwestern end of Dawson cove, and 

 the shore westward of the head is bordered by bowlders. Rocks and 

 shoal water extend 1,700 yards southeastward from the bight, an open 

 bay, at S^ miles westward of the head. 



Clearing mark. — Blow-me-down head, 692 feet high, well open 

 eastward of Dog Cove head, bearing 58°, leads southeastward of these 

 dangers. 



Basse-terre point, the western point of Connaigre bay, is bare, 

 and the shore thence northwestward to Beck bay is foul; a confused 

 sea is caused by South Red Head shoal, extending f mile from Red 

 point, 1| miles northwesterley from Basse-terre point. 



Pass island, the northern entrance point of Fortune bay and the 

 southern of Hermitage bay, is about 1 mile long, and separated from 

 the mainland by Pass Island tickle, a channel 265 yards wide, with a 

 depth of 4 fathoms of water. A group of islets and shoals extends 

 1 mile southwestward of Pass island, and Tom Cod rock, on which 

 the sea breaks, lies about ^ mile off its northwestern side. 



Lights. — A square white lighthouse with a lantern on its flat roof, 

 33 feet high, on the summit of Pass island and near its southern end, 

 exhibits at 281 feet above high water a fixed white light, which should 

 be seen from a distance of 19 miles in clear weather. 



A lantern placed at the corner of the above lighthouse exhibits at 

 267 feet above high water a fixed red light, which is visible from 

 300° to 76°, or over an arc of 136°, included between Basse-terre point 

 and the shoal ground off Wolf rock ; the two lights appear as one at 

 the distance of about 4| miles. 



Signals. — This light station is supplied with the International 

 code of signals. 



Settlement — Anchorage. — There is a fairly large settlement on 

 Pass island and anchorage for small vessels can be obtained in 6-| 

 fathoms water, sand bottom, in Pass Island tickle, off the houses in 

 the middle of the island, but it is quite open to the southward. 



Hermitage bay. — Western head of Long island bears 27°, 8^ 

 miles from Pass island and Hermitage bay extends eastward nearly 

 25 miles from between them; the bay contains several anchorages. 

 Grole western cove, about 3 miles eastward of Pass island, is the 



