200 CREW POINT TO CAPE RAY. 



Despair bay, entered between Western and Great Jervis heads, 

 both prominent bluffs, is divided into two principal arms, the eastern 

 extending 22 miles and the northern 13 miles. Off the western en- 

 trance point are several islands and shoals. The land in this locality 

 is hilly and barren, but at the head of the bay it becomes flat, and 

 there is an abundance of wood. 



Ice. — The head of Despair bay generally freezes about the end of 

 December, and clears about April 20. 



Big" shoal, with 16 feet water over it, lies 735 yards from the north 

 coast of Long island at about one mile eastward of Green point, 

 which is near the northwestern end of that island. 



Clearing marks. — Saddle island open westward of Long island, 

 bearing 228°, leads northwestward, and Harbor le Gallais hill open 

 northward of Grip island, bearing 85°, leads northward of Big shoal. 



Grip island, small and 65 feet high, is connected with Long island 

 by a reef at 2i% miles east-ward of Green point. 



Patrick harbor, 1-^g miles eastward of Grip island, offers anchor- 

 age for small vessels in 6 fathoms water. The western entrance point 

 rises to a wooded cone, about 200 feet high, and close off the point is a 

 sunken rock. The eastern entrance point is a small promontory 10 

 feet high, close off which are a rock that covers at high water and a 

 sunken rock ; there are no shoals in the harbor. 



Patrick Harbor rock, bearing 32°, distant ^ mile from the eastern 

 entrance point of the harbor, uncovers 2 feet at low water. Two 

 sunken rocks lie westward of it, the western being distant 350 yards. 



Clearing mark. — The summit of Great Jervis island, open north- 

 ward of Long island, bearing 249°, leads northward of these rocks. 



Harbor le Gallais is situated eastward of Harbor le Gallais hill, 

 a wooded cone, 280 feet high, immediately eastward of Patrick harbor. 

 It is only suitable for small vessels, being 150 yards w4de. with depths 

 of 4 to 6 fathoms. 



A rock that covers lies close to the north entrance point, and sunken 

 rocks lie eastward 265 yards from it. 



Sloop rock, a small bare islet 15 feet high, bears 68°, distant 1,200 

 yards from Harbor le Gallais north entrance point, and Gull rock, 

 which uncovers 3 feet at low water, bears 224°, distant 400 yards from 

 Sloop rock. The depth between these rocks is from 4| to 9 fathoms, 

 uneven bottom. 



Raymond point, the northeastern end of Long island, is a small 

 cliff close northeastward of a wooded hillock 99 feet high; a few 

 houses stand between the several mounds within the point. 



Day cove, 1 mile southeastward of Raymond point, affords an- 

 chorage to small vessels off its entrance, in 10 fathoms water, but is 

 open to easterly winds. 



