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there is anchorage only in its western portion, where there are depths 

 of 14 to 17 fathoms. Large vessels should anchor in 17 fathoms, with 

 Drake island completely shut in by Poole island, bearing about 28°. 



A rock, which dries 1 foot, lies nearly 100 yards off the southern 

 entrance point of the harbor on the western shore, and a shoal, with 

 3f fathoms water on it, is situated in the middle of the harbor. 



Kelpy rock, bearing 259°, distant 1,100 yards from Grip head, 

 has 3| fathoms of water over it, and a shoal, 150 yards northwestward 

 of Kelpy rock, has 4 fathoms water over it. 



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

 8h. 54m. ; springs rise 6^ feet, neaps 5 feet ; neaps range 3 feet. 



Mosquito harbor, close westward of Bonne bay, extends north- 

 westward nearly 1| miles, and it is clear of shoals, but there is an- 

 chorage, only for small vessels, in 8 fathoms of water in a cove on 

 the western side of the head. 



Mosquito island, separated from the western entrance point of 

 the harbor by a shallow channel containing several rocks, is flat in 

 outline, 295 feet high, and cliffy to seaward. 



Mosquito Back cove extends, westward of the harbor, to the 

 shingle beach that joins the western peninsula of Mosquito harbor to 

 the mainland, and it is quite open. 



Halibut rocks are two rocks, the higher 5 feet high, bearing 

 226°, distant nearly 1,400 yards from the western point of Mosquito 

 island, and they are surrounded l)y sunken rocks that extend south- 

 ward I mile. 



Razorback rock, with 3| fathoms water over it, bears 290°, dis- 

 tant 1,100 yards from Halibut rocks. 



Clearing mark. — Bear head open southward of Fish head, bear- 

 ing 270°, leads southward of all these rocks and those southward of 

 Taylor island. 



Facheux Eye, a small cove with a waterfall at its head, is close 

 eastward of Eastern head of Facheux bay. This cove is available for 

 boats only, and is entered by keeping close to the eastern shore, as the 

 western side is foul. 



Facheux Head shoal, at 300 yards from the shore and 600 yards 

 westward of the entrance to Facheux Eye, has 4 fathoms water 

 over it. 



Facheux bay extends northward 10 miles in nearly a straight line ; 

 it is deep and there are no anchorages in it except at the places 

 mentioned. 



Allan cove, on the eastern shore at 4^ miles from the entrance, 

 extends ^ mile eastward, and it affords good anchorage in 8 to 9 

 fathoms water at about 400 yards eastward of the line of the entrance 

 points. 



