ROUND HEAD CLAM BANK COVE, 285 



Cow rocks open northwestward of cape Cormorant, bearing about 

 216°, leads northwestward nearly ^ mile from the 2f fathoms patch, 

 in 12 to 15 fathoms of water. 



The coast, trending east-northeastward from Three Rocks point, 

 gradually rises, in clay cliffs, to a height of 230 feet and then falls 

 again to Red point, a slight projection from which low cliffs continue 

 to Clam Bank cove, nearly 4 miles from Three Rocks point. The 

 coast is fronted by rocky ledges, and shoal water extends about 600 

 yards off it, but between Red point and Clam Bank cove there are 

 depths of 5 fathoms and less for nearly ^ mile offshore. 



There is a small lobster factory at Salmon cove, on a stony beach, 

 eastward of Three Rocks point, and a few settlers' cottages stand 

 along the shore; the inhabitants live principally by cod fishing. 



Round head, a remarkable hill bordering the coast between Three 

 rocks and Red points, has three distinct conical summits, the middle 

 and highest being 880 feet high. The seaward face of this hill is a 

 perpendicular cliff, and, with the conical summit, is conspicuous. 



The southern slope and summit of Round head are thickly wooded 

 with spruce, pine, and birch ; the hill falls rather steeply to a ravine 

 just behind it, from which Victor brook, a small stream, runs into 

 West bay, Port au Port. Southward the country is composed of 

 thickly wooded hills and valleys, having a general east-and-west 

 direction and culminating in White hills (p. 283). 



Clam Bank cove is a small bight with a broad stony beach, on 

 which, as well as on the bank behind it, there are some fishermen's 

 cottages. A ledge of rocks projecting from the western point of the 

 bight, gives some little shelter to boats when landing, except at low 

 water ; but during strong westerly winds, the heavy sea makes land- 

 ing impracticable. 



A rough road is cut from the vicinity of the cove, through the 

 wooded country, to Port au Port. 



The coast. — The western shore of the remarkable tongue of land 

 known as Long point may be considered to begin at Clam Bank 

 cove, from which place the extreme of the point is about 12^ miles 

 distant. Along this shore there are two small villages, known as 

 Shoal cove and Black Duck brook, as well as a few detached cot- 

 tages of the settlers, who, in this locality, are chiefly of French de- 

 scent. Between Clam Bank cove and Black Duck brook the 

 point is about 1 mile across, but northeastward of this its aver- 

 age width is not more than 400 yards. It is thickly wooded with 

 dwarf spruce and other stunted trees and bushes, excepting near its 

 northeastern end, and slopes gently from the eastern side toward 

 the sea. It is fronted throughout nearly the whole of its length by 

 rocky ledges and bowlders extending from the shore for distances of 



