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lies southeastward -| mile from the cape, rocky ledges extend about 

 400 yards offshore. 



Light. — A white cylindrical iron tower, surmounted by a white 

 cylindrical iron lantern with a red roof, 57 feet high, on the summit 

 of the cliff at about 400 yards westward of cape Norman, exhibits at 

 116 feet above high water a flashing white light showing groups of 

 3 flashes every 30 seconds, thus: Flash ^ second, eclipse 5-| seconds; 

 flash ^ second, eclipse 5^ seconds ; flash -|- second, eclipse 17^ seconds, 

 Avhich should be visible from a distance of 16 miles in clear weather. 



Fog signal. — A diaphone, worked by compressed air, gives blasts 

 of 5 seconds duration, with intervals of 30 seconds between them, 

 during thick or foggy weather. The fog-signal house, a square white 

 building with a red roof, is situated about 100 yards eastward of the 

 lighthouse. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at cape Norman at about 

 8h. 5m. ; springs rise 3 feet, approximately. 



Cape Norman bay, a mile wide between Whale point and the 

 northwestern end of Cook Point peninsula, is open to the northeast- 

 ward, and affords no safe anchorage. 



The coast from the northwestern end of Cook Point peninsula 

 trends eastward nearly 1,200 yards to Cook point; it is low and bor- 

 dered by shoals which exten.d offshore for a distance of 400 yards and 

 from an inlet named Bonne bay. 



Cook rocks, over which there is a least depth of 2-^ fathoms, extend 

 northeastward f mile from the northwestern part of the peninsula. 



Priest rock, the northern of the shoals off the peninsula, bears 

 343°, distant 1,300 yards from Cook point, and has a least depth of 

 13 feet over it. 



Norman rock, the eastern of these shoals, bears 34°, distant 1,300 

 yards from Cook point, and has a least depth of 16 feet over it. 



Leading mark. — Le trou de la Baleine, on Burnt island, midway 

 between Black island and Black rock, bearing 135°, leads between 

 Priest and Norman rocks. 



Cook harbor. — Cook Point peninsula is on the northwestern side 

 of this harbor, and Black islet. Green island, and Schooner island, 

 with the islands and reefs lying between them, are on its southeastern 

 side. Prosper islet lies nearly in the middle of the harbor at 1,200 

 yards within Cook point; there is shoal water between the islet and 

 the northern shore, and also for 300 yards northeastward of the islet. 

 Fauvette islet is ^ mile within Prosper islet. 



Neige bay is a small indentation northwestward of Fauvette islet, 

 with a fishing establishment on its shores. 



Directions. — The entrance of the harbor is not easily made out 

 from the northeastward, owing to the uniform height of the land. 

 Cape Degrat summit, midway between cape Onion and the Mewstone, 



