232 CREW POINT TO CAPE EAY. 



Stern rock, bearing 79°, distant 1,200 j^irds from the northern 

 end of Round island, has 1 foot water over it. 



Miffel island, bearing 284°, distant nearly 2 miles from Round 

 Shag island, and the southernmost island of the Burgeo group, is 60 

 feet high, composed of gray gneiss, and makes as a cone from all 

 directions. 



A rock, with 6 feet of water over it, lies northward 135 yards from 

 its northern end ; and a rock awash at low water, with 3^ fathoms, 100 

 yards eastward of it, bears 57°, distant 350 yards from the same point. 



Fortune rock, bearing 91°, distant 500 yards from Miff el island, 

 has 4| fathoms over it and deep water close to. 



Whales back, the shoalest spot of some uneven ground lying 

 ^ mile westward from Miffel island, has 5 fathoms of water over it, 

 and the sea breaks on it in winter gales. With a fresh breeze against 

 the tidal stream, there is a heavy sea in its locality. 



Green island, bearing 320°, distant -fjj mile from Miffel island, 

 is a flat-topped grass-covered island, about 80 feet high, with white 

 cliffs and deep water on its seaward face, and a small islet off its 

 eastern end. 



Neverfail shoal, bearing 227°, distant 600 yards from the south- 

 western end of Green island, has 7 fathoms of water over it. 



Green Island shoal, bearing 242°, distant 600 yards from the 

 western end of Green island, has 5 fathoms of water over it, and 

 depths of 11 to 13 fathoms close to. 



Miffel island, bearing 113°, leads about 200 yards southwestward 

 of these shoals ; both shoals are said to break in heavy weather. 



Harbor island, situated f mile northward of Green island, has 

 numerous islets and rocks of a dark color extending | mile northeast- 

 ward from it. The island and islets have steep cliffs on their northern 

 and western sides, but slope to the eastward, where there is a shallow 

 cove with good shelter for boats. The western end of Harbor island is 

 surmounted by a remarkable hummock named the Louse-box. 



Harbor Island rock, bearing 252°, distant 265 yards from the 

 southern point of Harbor island, is 2 feet high, and there is a depth 

 of 6 fathoms around it. 



Round island, situated 350 yards northwestward from Harbor 

 island, is about 180 yards across, 79 feet high, dark micaceous rock, 

 cliffy, and steep-to, except on its northeastern side, from which a 

 ledge of 3 fathoms water extends 50 yards. 



The fairway of the passage between Harbor and Round islands is 

 clear, but it is better to pass northward of Round island except with 

 local knowledge. 



West Flat island, situated 1,400 yards westward of Round island 

 and the westernmost of the Burgeo islands, is a bare white rock, about 

 25 feet high, with two flat summits: a rock awash at low water lies 



