322 CAPE EAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



good temporary fine weather anchorage, with Gaclcls point in line 

 with Shag cliff, bearing 84°, and Wild Cove head bearing 347°. It 

 is subject to very violent squalls from the high mountains when the 

 wind is fresh. 



Wild cove, a deep bight on the northern side of Wild Cove 

 head, has a moderate depth of water, but the bottom being stony, 

 and the cove open to westerl}^ winds and sea, it is not suitable for 

 anchorage. 



Salmon point, north-northwestward, Sj\ miles from Wild Cove 

 head, is a narrow bare slate point, the shore between being slate 

 clitfs. backed by thickly wooded hills and generally fronted by a 

 narrow rocky foreshore. It is fairly steep-to, except close to Salmon 

 point, where low-water ledges and foul ground extend for nearly 

 200 yards. 



Tides and tidal streams. — It is high water, full and change, 

 in Norris cove at lOh. 40m. ; springs rise 6 feet, neaps 4^ feet. There 

 is considerable diurnal inequality in the height of the tides, consecu- 

 tive high and low waters differing, about the time of springs, as much 

 as 2 feet. 



The tidal streams run generally fair in and out of East arm 

 through the Tickle, where, during springs, they are very strong. In 

 South arm the direction of the ebb stream is not regular, apparenth'^ 

 owing to its being met and checked, by the stream through the Tickle. 



Bank. — The northern side of the entrance to Bonne bay is fronted 

 hy an extensive rocky bank, with general depths of 11 to 17 fathoms; 

 the 20-fathom limit terminating 10 miles northwestward from West- 

 ern head, where the bank is about 1^ miles wide. The bank extends 

 southwestward from Martin point, and some small patches of 8 and 

 9 fathoms bear 291°, distant 6 miles from Green point; the 10-fathom 

 contour terminating 3| miles westward from Gun point. Fish are 

 usually plentiful on this bank, and during fine weather numerous 

 boats anchor on it. 



Roche (Rocky) harbor is an indentation northward of Salmon 

 point, extending about one mile to the eastward, with a width of f 

 mile; it affords good anchorage, except during strong westerh^ winds, 

 when a heavy sea is thrown in. 



A flat ledge of stones and bowlders, drying 1 to 4 feet, extends 

 north-northwestward G50 yards from between Salmon point and the 

 next point inside, where there are a few houses and fishing stages. 

 The ground is foul for nearly 200 yards on either side of this reef, 

 and rocky ledges fringe the shore nearly all around the harbor, with 

 foul ground extending about 300 yards from them. 



The best anchorage is in 6 to 7 fathoms of water off the southern 

 shore of the harbor, with the end of the northern head bearing 305°. 

 and Salmon point in line with the next point inside it bearing 216°. 



