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At the head of the harbor, known as the Bottom, there is a small 

 break in the ledges, with good landing for boats; and in Bear cove, 

 on the northeastern side of the harbor, there is a similar break with 

 good landing. There are a few houses at both these places. 



The population of this locality numbers about 160 persons, all en- 

 gaged in the fisheries. There is some cultivated ground on the south- 

 ern side, inside of Salmon point, where potatoes and other vegetables 

 are grown. 



Directions. — Enter Roche harbor with the northern summit of 

 Gros Morne in line Avith a saddle-shaped wooded coast hill, bearing 

 88°, which leads southward of the shoals on the northern shore. 

 When abreast Woody cove, the first bight on the northern shore, with 

 the end of the northern head bearing 313°, steer about 116° for the 

 anchorage, avoiding a rocky projection from the inner point of 

 Woody cove, and the foul ground extending from the ledge of stones 

 and bowlders. 



The coast between Bonne bay and Cow head is low, fronted by 

 rough stony beaches and bowlders. It contains no harbors, nor even 

 anchorages, except at Cow cove, where shelter can be found in 

 westerly to northerly winds; and it is only in the finest weather that 

 vessels can anchor off any part of this coast. 



The water deepens gradually to seaward, but some extensive banks 

 of comparatively shallow water extend a considerable distance, and a 

 ridge of shoals (p. 326) lies upward of a mile off, about halfway be- 

 tween Lobster cove and Cow head. The bottom is rock and bowlders, 

 with, in places, very small patches of sand. 



Strong westerly to northerly winds throw a heavy sea on the shore, 

 and landing with safety is then almost impossible, except in a few 

 13laces where there is a little indifferent shelter. There is a large 

 quantity of drift wood and wreckage on the coast. 



Mountains. — A conspicuous range of mountains extends north- 

 ward from the northeastern side of East arm of Bonne bay. Gros 

 Morne, the summit of the range, situated north-northeasterly, distant 

 3 miles from the head of Deer arm, is 2,540 feet high, and is distin- 

 guishable from seaward by its elevation ; its southern face slopes and 

 is bare, and its western side descends in steep cliffs into a deep gorge. 



From Gros Morne the range trends nearly parallel to the coast, its 

 western ridge being about 5 miles inland, and low wooded spurs 

 branch off seaward from it, terminating, northeastward of Green 

 point, in large tracts of bog and barren, with numerous ponds. 



Western Brook mountain is a conspicuous wedge-shaped summit at 

 3f miles east-southeastward of Martin point and on the western side 

 of a remarkable gorge, both sides of which appear as vertical walls 

 of rock. Western Brook pond, a large sheet of water, said to extend 



