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Directions. — The only available passage, without local knowledge, 

 into Couteau ba}" is between Man rock and Black rock, and even in 

 this passage there is a heavy swell during, or after, southerly and 

 westerly gales. Approach with Baggs head midway between Cou- 

 teau bay western entrance point and Black rock of Cinq Cerf bay, 

 bearing 316°, to clear Copper Duck rock, and when Shag roost, a 

 conspicuous hillock 126 feet high and faced by cliff, on the western 

 shore of Couteau bay, is midway between Man rock and Black rock, 

 bearing 18°, steer with this mark on until past Man rock, when keep 

 300 yards off the western shore of the bay until Horses head, a cubical 

 black rock 13 feet high, off Otter point, is in line with the southwest- 

 ern end of Captain island, bearing 125°, which mark leads northward 

 of the 3-fathom rock in the bay, and then steer for the head of the bay. 



Anchor in 5 to 9 fathoms of water; a swell rolls in with south- 

 westerly and westerly winds. 



Gull islet, 274°, 300 yards from the northwestern point of Captain 

 island, is 18 feet high and white, and shoal patches extend west- 

 ward 600 yards from it. To enter the passage between Captain 

 island and the mainland northward of it, when 300 yards off the 

 western shore of the bay, with the Horses head in line with the south- 

 western end of CajDtain island, steer 63° until the houses on Duck 

 island are open northward of Captain island, bearing 111°, then 

 steer for the passage, and keep in mid-channel. Small vessels may 

 anchor in any part of this passage. 



Couteau "brook is a considerable stream draining a large valley ; 

 the valley is noticeable from seaward. 



Blue Hills of Couteau, situated northward about 8 miles from 

 Couteau baj^, are two remarkable bluffs, 1,903 and 1,845 feet high, 

 respectively. Extensive mountainous ranges extend both eastward 

 and westward from them, but these are the most remarkable, and are 

 excellent marks in clear weather. 



Cinq Cerf bay lies next westward of Couteau bay, and is encum- 

 bered with islands and rocks. The dividing point between the two 

 bays is foul seaward to White ground, the outer shoal, which is 

 situated 900 yards south-southwestward of the point, and has 2^ 

 fathoms water over it. 



Culotte, a small cove in the northeastern part of the bay, and the 

 only anchorage, is available for small vessels. 



Flat island, the southernmost of the islands off the bay and situ- 

 ated Ij^o miles southwestward of the dividing point between Couteau 

 bay and Cinq Cerf bay, is a bare rock, 23 feet high. It may be ap- 

 proached to the distance of 200 yards on its southern and western 

 sides, but shoals extend northward 800 yards from it. 



Black rock, situated y% mile north-northeastward of Flat island, 

 is a small rock 11 feet high, and shoals extend 300 yards in all direc- 



