GREAT CUILLER POINT GREAT JERVIS ISLAND. 207 



Leading mark. — Stone point in line with tlie passage northward 

 of Sugarloaf island, bearing 64°. leads northward of these rocks. 



Anchorage. — There is anchorage westward of the rocks, in 7 to 10 

 fathoms, good holding ground, but eastward of them the water 

 is deep. 



Great Cuiller point. — A remarkable white patch, that from a 

 distance looks like a church with a spire, appears on the land at 

 f300 yards southwestward of this point. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Great Cuiller bay at 

 8h. 55m. ; springs rise 6^ feet, neaps 5 feet : neaps range 3 feet. 



Little Cuiller bay, southward of Great Cuiller point, is clear of 

 shoals, except at the head which dries to the narrows. 



Anchorage for small vessels maj^ be obtained in 8^ to 10 fathoms 

 water, but open to easterly winds. 



Birchy cove is southward of Little Cuiller bay. Its shores are 

 foul for a short distance, and shoal water extends 200 yards from the 

 southern entrance point. 



Stone islet, about 20 feet high, lies in the mouth of this cove bear- 

 ing 162°, distant 700 yards from its northern entrance point. 



Anchorage may be obtained in 11 to 11 fathoms water, at the 

 distance of 100 yards from a small projection at the middle of the 

 head of the cove. 



Stanley cove, f mile southward of Birchy cove, is a small bight, 

 with several houses on the shingle beach at its head. It affords 

 shelter for boats or small craft in 4 to 9 fathoms. 



Old Harry, a high pinnacle rock, is the southernmost of three 

 similar pillars that are close to the headland southward of Stanley 

 cove. 



Manuel arm, an open bay southwestw^ard of Old Harry headland, 

 extends westward 1 mile from its entrance and has a width of about 

 1,400 yards: it contains no anchorage, except for l)oats or fishing 

 vessels quite close to the shore. 



Great Jervis harbor is on the western side of the entrance to 

 Despair bay. The northern entrance point is low, and fringed by 

 i-ocks extending 65 yards. On the northern shore of the harbor are 

 several small coves. 



Man-of-war cove, the eastern, has anchorage for small vessels as 

 far in as the wharf on its eastern shore. 



Man-of-war rocks, on the western side of the entrance to Man-of- 

 war cove, are two pinnacles. 4 feet high, joined at low water. A 

 rock, that uncovers at low water, lies 40 yards southward of these 

 rocks. 



Great Jervis island divides the entrance to the harbor. The 

 summit, 442 feet high, is a sharp peak at about 600 yards from the 



