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Although the breakers on Long ledge can generally be seen from 

 some distance, at spring tides with very calm Aveather they may not 

 be visible. 



Leading" marks. — Mount Virgin, well open northward of Bear 

 head, bearing 45°, leads northwestward of Long ledge in 11 to 13 

 fathoms of water ; the conical peak, northward of mount Barren, in 

 line with the middle of Shag island, bearing 72°, leads southward of 

 the southwestern end of the ledge in depths of 6 to 7 fathoms, but 

 use caution with this mark as it leads on to the northeastern part of 

 Eound reef. Lark mountain summit in line with the tangents of 

 the white cliffs, southward of Wild cove, bearing 36°, leads midway 

 between Long ledge and Round reef. 



Anchorag'e. — Long ledge is fairly steep on its northeastern and 

 southwestern sides, and during northwesterly winds, good anchorage 

 may be obtained under its lee, in 8 to 10 fathoms of water. 



Rope cove, into which a stream flows, and where there are a few 

 buildings used by fishermen during summer, has indifferent landing, 

 although there is sorhetimes less swell at its head than on the adjoin- 

 ing coast. There is a patch of stones and bowlders, on which the 

 depth is 20 feet, at 1^-q miles southward of the cove and 800 yards off- 

 shore. The snout of Bear head open westward of the land north- 

 ward of Coal river, bearing 17°, leads westward of this patch. 



Coal river entrance is at the southern side of a bight and close 

 to the Friar, a remarkable detached rock, 77 feet high, at If miles 

 northward of Rope cove. The coast between is a narrow stony beach, 

 backed by low cliffs, behind which there are extensive marshy barrens 

 with numerous small ponds and occasional clumps of trees. 



On a sandy spit, projecting from the cliff on the northern side of 

 the entrance, there are several houses, occupied by fishermen during 

 summer. 



The river entrance has a bar, nearly dry at low water, but the 

 stream inside is about 100 yards wide, with a deep channel running 

 up to the first bend, | mile from the mouth. A quarter of a mile 

 farther up, a small stream flows in from the northward, and here the 

 bed of the river is obstructed by banks of gravel and stones. Turning 

 eastward the stream gets narrower for about 1^ miles, then it again 

 becomes wider and deeper, and at 8 miles by its course from the en- 

 trance it opens into a series of extensive ponds. The fishermen living 

 at the entrance carry their small boats to the rapids, about 2 miles up, 

 during freshets, and are thence able to reach the ponds at any time 

 for hunting and fishing. 



Anchorag'e. — Shoal water of less than 5 fathoms extends ^ mile 

 off the mouth of Coal river, and outside of that depth there is indif- 

 ferent anchorage, but only during fine weather, for even with strong 

 southeasterly winds there is usually a high ground swell, which 

 becomes a heavy sea when the wind hauls to the westward. 



