228 CKEW POINT TO CAPE EAY. 



forms two basins; it is crossed by a bridge, and a low neck of land 

 separates it from Long reach to the southwestward. A small islet 

 lies in the entrance northeastward of Mercer point, and small vessels 

 shelter in the outer basin. 



Water from the streams flowing into Mercer cove is not good. 



The Sandbanks. — Grip head, Avestward, distant ly^ miles from 

 Mercer point, is 152 feet high, and close southward of it are the Sand- 

 banks, TO feet high ; Sandbanks point, about 850 yards farther south- 

 ward, was formerly their southern end, but it is now an island and 

 there is a passage with a depth of about 1^ fathoms between the 

 Sandbanks and Sandbanks point. 



Sandbanks Point island lies close southeastward of Sandbanks 

 point ; some rocks, always above water, lie southward of Sandbanks 

 point, with 3^ fathoms of water close to them. 



Beacon. — A white rectangular beacon stands on Sandbanks Point 

 island, and is conspicuous. 



Cornelius island, northwestward 1.600 3"ards from Sandbanks 

 point, has a double summit, and is almost divided in two parts by the 

 meeting of the two coves ; the Harbor, available only for boats, on the 

 northern side, and Back cove, open and containing several rocks, on 

 the southern side. Rocks and foul ground extend 150 yards from the 

 northwestern point of this island, and it should not be closed on its 

 western side nearer than the distance of 400 yards. 



There are some houses and a church on the shores of the Harbor. 



The Boar, bearing 234°, distant 400 yards from the southwestern 

 point of Cornelius island, is a round rock, 14 feet high ; there is deep 

 water close to it. 



The Sow, bearing 262°. distant 600 j^ards from the Boar, is 17 feet 

 high: there are some detached rocks close to it, and a depth of 8 

 fathoms at the distance of 50 yards. 



A shoal with 3^ fathoms of water over it bears 211°, distant 350 

 yards from the Sow. 



Clearing mark. — The summit of Eencontre island, in line with the 

 southern end of Sandbanks Point island, bearing 91°, leads 150 yards 

 southward of this shoal in 11 fathoms of water. 



The land in the vicinity of Burgeo, from a distance, appears gray 

 where denuded of the stunted trees that grow generally on the coast, 

 and its outline is almost unbroken, but on approaching it the rugged 

 and contorted nature of the country, the innumerable hills, and deep 

 ravines become apparent. 



Burgeo islands, a numerous group of islands and rocks, are com- 

 posed of Laurentian gneiss, and show white where bare, excepting 

 Round and Harbor islands, which are composed of dark micaceous 

 gneiss. Only the important islands are described herein. 



