360 CAPE RAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



bearing 93", leads to the entrance. In entering, keep on the south- 

 eastern shore, passing Green island at a distance of 500 yards, and 

 Schooner island at a distance of 300 yards. Turn northwestward 

 and pass 200 yards southwestward of Prosper islet; then steer for 

 the northeastern point of Neige bay, to clear the shoals northeast- 

 ward and northward of Fauvette island, and anchor in 4 to 6 fathoms 

 of water, sand and mud bottom. 



The anchorage space of Xeige bay is less than 200 yards in width. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change; in Cook harbor at 

 7h. 25m. ; springs rise 3^ feet, neaps 24 feet. 



Pistolet bay. — The entrance of Pistolet bay is between Black 

 islet and Burnt cape, which bear nearly east-southeastward and west- 

 northwestward, distant 3^ miles from each other, and the bay extends 

 southward G miles,' and widens to 6^ miles at its head, exclusive of 

 Milan arm. 



Shallow bay, on the western side of Pistolet bay, is formed by 

 the mainland. Boisees islands, and Schooner island. There is an- 

 chorage, in 4 fathoms of water, just nortliAvestw^ard of Boisees islands, 

 but there are bowlders on the bottom, the holding ground is bad, and 

 the easterl}^ swell comes in. 



The southern part of Pistolet bay, being open northward and 

 northeastward, affords onl}' temporary anchorage. 



Triang-le point, low and wooded, stretches northward | mile from 

 the southern shore of the bay. It is surrounded by a bank, which 

 extends northeastward, and leaves a channel, nearly 1 mile wide, 

 between it and Chien bank. 



Burnt isla,nd extends south-southwestward 2^ miles from Burnt 

 cape and is about 1,200 yards wide; it is barren, whitish in color, and 

 223 feet high. The island is joined to the mainland by a low isthmus, 

 200 yards wide, which separates Isthmus cove from Ha-ha bay to the 

 northward. On the western coast of the island, at about a mile from 

 Burnt cape, is a deep hole named Whale cave (le trou de la Baleine), 

 which is conspicuous from the westward. 



Chien rock lies southwestward, nearly a mile from Isthmus point, 

 the southern end of Burnt island, and it almost covers at high water. 

 A bank, on which this rock stands, extends approximateh^ from a 

 mile northwestward to a mile southeastward of Isthmus point for 1^ 

 miles off shore, with depths of less than 3 fathoms. 



Milan point lies south-southeastward about 3^ miles from Isthmus 

 point, and from about 1,200 yards northward of Milan point, Trompe 

 I'ceil point, consisting of low rocks and bowlders, extends westward 

 j% mile, and a reef continues westward about 1,600 yards from 

 Trompe l'a?il point. Micmac islet, in the entrance to Milan arm 

 nearly 800 yards west-southwestward from Milan point, is small and 

 grassy. 



