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miles from between them. Piton point, the end of a hummocky 

 peninsula extending northwestward nearly ^ mile from the south- 

 eastern shore, is fringed by rocks, but steep-to on its northwestern 

 side. There is fair anchorage in the bay in 5 fathoms of water, sand 

 and mud bottom, but it is open to the northward. 



The coast, from Ha ha point northeastward 3^ miles to cape 

 Onion is cliffy and steep, w^ith some small coves, that afford shelter to 

 boats with offshore winds. 



Cape Onion is 259 feet high. A ledge extends east-northeastward 

 600 yards from the cape, and on its outer end is the Mewstone (Gros 

 Oignon). On the ledge are two other cliffy rocks which form the 

 northern side of Onion cove, and on the southern side of the cove 

 are some fishing establishments. The southern shore of the cove is 

 foul, and the cove is open eastward. Onion island lies about east- 

 southeastward 600 yards from the southern entrance point of the cove, 

 and it is surrounded by reefs for nearly 350 yards, except to the 

 southward. 



Sacred bay. — Cape Artimon bears eastward, 3:^ miles from cape 

 Onion, and Sacred bay extends southwestward about 3 miles from 

 between these capes. There are numerous islets and shoals in the 

 bay, and West and South roads are the only safe anchorages. 



Little harbor, on the northwestern side of the bay and between 

 Low islets and a peninsula, which at ^ mile farther southwestward 

 terminates in Fauvette point, and from which two fishing stages 

 project, is but a small bend in the shore, where there is anchorage 

 in 5 fathoms of water, sand and mud bottom, with Onion island seen 

 between Low islets and the mainland, bearing about 57°. 



ShoaL — The outer shoal in the middle of the western part of the 

 bay bears 22°, distant 350 yards from the eastern end of the northern 

 Moyacs island; it has 16 feet of water over it, and is steep-to, except 

 toward the land between South and West roads, the whole of which 

 space is foul. 



West road is a semicircular basin, extending ^ mile northwestward 

 of a line joining Fauvette and Franche points. Shoal water extends 

 ^ mile around its shores. 



Shoals. — ]\Iauvais Gars rock, lying I mile southeastward of Fau- 

 vette point, is smallj and covers at high water. 



Bon gars and Petit gars are nearly connected to Fauvette point ; 

 Bon gars, the southeastern one, situated 163°, 400 yards from the 

 point, is above water, and steep-to on its southern side. 



An isolated rock, with 19 feet of water over it, lies nearly in the 

 middle of West road, with Fauvette point bearing 62°, distant TOO 

 yards. 



Directions. — Pass southeastward of Onion island and Low islets; 

 bring and keep Onion island just open eastward of Low islets until 



