286 CAPE EAY TO CAPE BAULD, 



100 to 200 yards, and it is only at rare intervals that a heavy surf 

 is not rolling in on these. 



Immediately westward of Clam Bank cove the coast line is com- 

 posed of cliffs 80 to 100 feet in height, which gradually fall to a low 

 shore at the village of Shoal cove. 



Black Duck brook.— The village of Black Duck brook, nearly 

 a mile northeastward of Shoal cove and 4^ miles from Clam Bank 

 cove, is principally situated on the shores of a sandy bight, where 

 a sharp bend of the coast line in an easterly direction narrows the 

 tongue, forming Long point, to about GOO yards. Off the point at 

 the western angle of the bend a rocky ledge, dry at low water, 

 extends for a distance of nearly 600 yards and gives some shelter 

 to the bay, except during northwesterly winds. Shoal water extends 

 from the rocky ledge for nearly f mile in a northerly direction ; ves- 

 sels wishing to communicate should therefore approach with cau- 

 tion. Near the point previously mentioned a store with a flagstaff 

 makes a conspicuous mark from seaward. 



The inhabitants, principally fishermen, are also owners of several 

 head of cattle and sheep, for which they find pasture in the neigh- 

 borhood. A lobster factory near the eastern end of the village is 

 worked during the summer by a party of fishermen. There is a good 

 road to Port au Port. 



Echelles or Portage. — Tw^o boat ways connect Black Duck brook 

 factory with Port au Port. Boats are hauled up to the top of the hill, 

 by a capstan, and lowered on the opposite side, thus saving the fisher- 

 men the necessity of going around Long point. 



The coast from Black Duck brook to Long point consists of low 

 banks fronted by rocky ledges and bowlders. The land slopes from 

 the southeastern side of the tongue and the narrow flats, contiguous 

 to the northwestern shoe, are genei'ally mere bogs. At about 1^ miles 

 from the point the land becomes bare of trees, and covered with 

 coarse grass. 



Long point is the eastern end of the tongue, which for ^ mile 

 within the point is a narrow strip of rocks. A spit of shoal water, 

 forming the bar, extends northeastw^ard nearly a mile from the point. 



Position. — The observation spot, at 1^ miles southwestward of 

 Long point, and on top of the highest bank directly behind the east- 

 ern huts, used during summer by migratory fishermen, is in north 

 latitude 48° 46' 28'' and longitude 58° 46' 37" west of Greenwich. 



Banks. — The 20-fathom contour line passes about 1 mile off 

 Three Rocks point, but a long, narrow, irregular bank, with 17 to 20 

 fathoms of water over it?, extends north-northeastward about 8^ miles 

 from Round head. Northeastward of this bank the 20-fathom con- 

 tour line again approaches the shore to distances of from 1| to 3 miles, 

 but at 6 to 7 miles off Long point there are some extensive banks of 17 

 and 20 fathoms. 



