356 CAPE RAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



Communication. — The steamers from Bay of Islands call weekly 

 at Flower cove during summer and autumn, and those from Halifax 

 call monthly. 



Flower island lies northward about 900 yards from Capstan point, 

 and southwestward 150 yards from Nameless point, the end of a 

 peninsula about a mile in length on the northern side of Nameless 

 cove. The island is 400 yards long, eastward and westward, and 200 

 yards wide ; and there is a house on it. 



Light. — -A square white lighthouse with a red lantern, 50 feet high, 

 and a dAvelling attached, on the western side of Flower island, exhib- 

 its at 51 feet above high water, a revolving white light, that attains 

 its greatest brilliancy ever}- thirty seconds, and should be seen from a 

 distance of 12 miles in clear weather. 



Nameless cove, entered northward of Capstan point, is suitable 

 onl}^ for small vessels drawing less than 9 feet water, being nearly 

 filled by islands and shoals. Herb island lies eastward of Flower 

 island, and northward of the passage between these two is Slab 

 island. 



Directions. — Bring the eastern fishing stage at the head a little 

 open northward of Herb island, bearing 63°, and pass between Herb 

 and Slab islands at one-third of the distance across from Herb island ; 

 when the western fishing stage bears 0°, steer for it and anchor in 

 3^ fathoms water, with the northern end of Slab island bearing 271°, 

 avoiding a bank northeastward of Herb island. There is another 

 small space for anchorage, reached by passing northward of the bank 

 northeastward of Herb island in 13 feet water. 



Small craft enter this cove by passing between Herb island and the 

 southern shore. 



The anchorage southward of Flower island, off the entrance of 

 Nameless cove, is bad. 



Flower ledges, parts of which uncover at low water, extend | 

 mile west-northwestward of Flower island. The houses in Bear cove 

 open westward of Seal islands, bearing 178°, lead westward of the 

 ledges. The tidal streams set strongly over the ledges. 



Grenville ledge, northward, 800 yards from Nameless point, has 

 2 feet water over it. 



Strait of Belleisle. — Description, soundings, tidal streams, cur- 

 rents, icebergs, fogs, general directions, etc., see Chapters VII and X. 



The coast of Newfoundland between Flower island and cape 

 Norman, a distance of 37^ miles, is low and featureless, backed by a 

 wooded ridge about 100 feet high. There are numerous huts and 

 fishing sheds near the sea, but no marks of any kind that enable a 

 mariner to fix his position. 



The coast from Nameless point trends east-northeastward for 12| 

 miles to Eddies cove ; it contains several small coves and bights. 



