LITTLE PORT BAY OF ISLANDS. 299 



Little port extends southeastward 600 yards on the northeastern 

 side of Vide Bouteille cape; its width narrows to 100 yards in tlie 

 entrance, and expands to 200 yards at the head. It is frequented by 

 fishing vessels, that moor head and stern, until about June 20, when 

 they leave to follow the codfish that disappear about that time from 

 these waters. 



Little port affords anchorage for small vessels in 21- fathoms 

 water, sand and mud bottom, but w^inds from southeastward to south- 

 westward are accompanied by violent squalls, and northerly winds 

 bring a sea into the harbor ; the entrance is, therefore, always danger- 

 ous for boats, and in spring and autumn for vessels. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at Little port at 

 lOh. 42m. ; springs rise 5 J feet. 



Woody bay, east-northeastAvard, 1,600 yards from Vide Bouteille 

 cape, is a circular basin, about 400 yards in diameter, and only suit- 

 able for boats, but considerable difficulty is experienced in entering 

 with westerly winds. 



Miranda cove, northward 300 yards from Woody bay, is a small 

 boat creek with a fishing establishment. 



The coast from Miranda cove trends northward for about 1,200 

 yards, and then northeastward for Ij^ miles to South head of the Bay 

 of Islands. 



Devil head, north-northeastward, 1^ miles from Vide Bouteille 

 cape, is 815 feet high and rises in black perpendicular cliffs, but the 

 inshore slope of the headland is covered with grass, which shows in 

 contrast to the dark cliffs. 



Lark mountain, southeastward, 1,700 yards from Devil head, is 

 1,583 feet high, and the summit of the promontory northward of 

 Lark harbor. 



South head is bold-to and rises in steep black cliffs; there are 

 several pinnacles of light-colored rock at its base; the Monkey, the 

 highest of these, is 110 feet high. 



Bay of Islands. — This extensive inlet is very picturesque, on 

 account of the high hills surrounding it, the steep high islands within, 

 and the deep arms which trend from it. 



Communication. — The Newfoundland railway skirts the south- 

 eastern part of the southern shore of Humber arm above Pleasant 

 cove and at Birchy cove it connects with the weekly coasting steamer 

 (see p. 37). A steamer from Halifax calls monthly at some of the 

 ports in the Bay of Islands. 



Ice. — The arms in the Bay of Islands generally freeze between 

 December 20 and January 20, and the ice breaks up suddenly between 

 April 20 and May 10 ; field ice clears away early or late in May, ac- 

 cording to the season. For tidal streams see page 314. 



