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Rencontre bay. — New Harbor island lies southwestward, distant 

 1^ miles from the western entrance point of Devil bay, and from 

 between them Rencontre bay extends westward for 3 miles, when it 

 turns suddenly northward for 2 miles to its head. 



Anchorage. — There is anchorage at the head of this bay in 11 to 

 18 fathoms water. 



Water can be obtained at many places on the shores of the bay, 

 and wood at its head. 



Little bay entrance is on the northern shore of Rencontre bay at 

 li% niiles westward of the western entrance point of Devil bay, and 

 the bay extends northward 1^ miles, but the water in it is too deep 

 for anchorage. The western entrance point rises to Ironskull, a 

 conspicuous hill 1,077 feet high, with a remarkable white spur visible 

 from the southward; Sugarloaf, a remarkable mountain 1,290 feet 

 high, is 1,200 yards northward from the head of the bay. 



The Cove lies westward of High Lookout, on the southern shore 

 at 2 miles within the entrance of Rencontre bay. There are several 

 houses at high-water mark, from which sand dries for the distance of 

 100 yards. 



Anchorage. — There is anchorage in the Cove for small vessels 

 in 17 fathoms water at 300 yards from the shore, but it is unsafe in 

 northerly winds, when violent squalls come down the bay from the 

 high hills. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in the Cove at 8h. 55m. ; 

 springs rise 6^ feet, neaps 4J feet. 



Barasway, on the southwestern shore of Rencontre bay, f mile 

 westward of the Cove, affords anchorage in 10 fathoms of water at 300 

 to 400 yards off the beach. 



New harbor, southward of a peninsula situated w^estward of New 

 Harbor island, is 1,000 yards long, about 400 yards wide, and it 

 affords anchorage, open southeastward, in 15 fathoms of water at 200 

 yards from the head, but there is shelter for small vessels in 5 fathoms 

 off a small cove containing a few houses, situated eastw^ard of the head 

 of the harbor. 



Hare's Ears point. — Pinchgut point lies f mile southward of 

 New Harbor island, and Hare's Ears point is f mile farther southwest- 

 ward ; two peaked rocks with a hole through between them, the inner 

 84 feet high, lie off' the point. 



Lower rock, bearing 67°, distant 1,100 yards from Hare's Ears 

 point, has 2 feet of water over it, and Hare's Ears rock, bearing 

 101°, distant 400 yards from Hare's Ears point, has 5 feet of water 

 over it and 15 fathoms close to the southward. 



Clearing marks. — The western entrance point of Devil bay open 

 eastward of Pinchgut point, bearing 26°, leads eastward of Hare's 

 Ears and Lower rocks; and the bill of Lance cove open southward of 



