SHIP COVE SEA MOUSE ROCKS. 281 



depth of 6^ fathoms between the island and patch, but the passage is 

 narrow and should not be used. 



Ship cove lies northwestward of Ship island and of the projection 

 on the western side of Fiods cove, and though a deeper bight than 

 any of those to the eastward, it does not alTorcl good anchorage except 

 during continued periods of offshore winds. At the head of the cove 

 is a shingly beach on which are some cottages, and a path through a 

 valley between the ridges leads to Head harbor (Pic a Denis harbor) 

 in Port au Port. 



The coast, consisting of rugged, irregular cliffs 80 to 90 feet high, 

 continues from Ship cove westward for 1^ miles to Pigeon head, a 

 remarkable perpendicular bluff, 110 feet high, with some bowlders 

 and ledges of rock at its foot, but they are steep-to. Inland there are 

 thickly wooded ridges, 700 to 800 feet high, intersected here and there 

 by deep ravines from which streams flow into the sea. 



Lower cove is northward of Pigeon head, from which the cliff 

 falls gradually toward the beach at the head of the cove, where there 

 is a small settlement. 



In the mouth of the cove, bearing 270°, distant 1,200 yards 

 from Pigeon head, there is a rocky shoal of 4 fathoms with 7 

 to 11 fathoms of water around it. Inside the shoal temporary an- 

 chorage may be found in 7 to 10 fathoms of water, but the ground 

 is rough, and with westerly winds there is a heaw swell. 



The coast, composed of moderately high cliffs, continues from 

 Lower cove westward to a small gravelly beach with sloping ground 

 behind it, and a large waterfall near, locally known as Charlie 

 Sheaves cove, and where there are two or three houses. Westward 

 the cliffs again become higher for a short distance, falling gradu- 

 ally toward March point at 4^ miles from Lower cove. At 1^ miles 

 eastward of March point the land rises very steeply from the cliffs 

 to a hill, the eastern part of which is bare and stony, and con- 

 spicuous from the southward and westward. The western part, sepa- 

 rated from the eastern by a deep gully, is thickly wooded and culmi- 

 nates in a summit 765 feet high, tliough farther inland the hills again 

 rise to a height of 1,120 feet. 



Sea Mouse rocks are three rocky patches lying off the coast 

 between Charlie Sheaves cove and March point. The northeastern 

 patch, bearing 262°. distant 2| miles from Pigeon head and 750 yards 

 offshore, has a depth of 15 feet over it ; it is about 250 yards long east 

 and west, and 150 yards wide within the 3-fathom line. 



Bearing 214°, distant 750 yards from this northeastern patch, is a 

 patch with 5f fathoms least water over it, and there is a narrow 

 channel between them with 12 fathoms of water. 



The western shoal bears 262°, distant IjV miles from the north- 

 eastern patch and 750 yards offshore ; it is about 300 yards long east 



