374 CAPE BAULD TO CAPE ST. JOHN. 



Mission station. — There is a mission station at St. .Vnthony. con- 

 sisting of a hospital, a clubhouse, an orphanage, and a storehouse 

 with a wharf near it. The hospital, which contains six beds for male 

 and seven for female patients, is the only one in the island of New- 

 foundland outside of St. John's. 



Marguerite bay, on the northeastern shore of this harbor, near the 

 head, extends | mile to the northward. Both points of the entrance 

 are shoal, leaving- a narrow passage in at one-third of the distance 

 across from its southeastern point. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in St. Anthony harbor 

 at 7h. 10m. ; springs rise 5 feet, neaps 2f feet. The tidal streams are 

 scarcely appreciable except in the narrows northeastward of Piquen- 

 nais rocks. 



Supplies. — Fresli mutton and vegetables, in small quantities, can 

 usually be obtained. 



Water is difficult to obtain here, as boats can not get near the 

 mouths of the streams. 



Ice. — St. Anthony harbor freezes about the end of November, and 

 the ice clears in May. 



Communication. — Steamers from Tilt cove call at St. Anthony 

 harbor fortnightly during summer and autumn. 



The coast from Fox point trends southwestward, 1,% miles to 

 Savage point, and is barren and cliffy, while Savage point, the south- 

 eastern end of a peninsula, is low with rugged rocks. 



Cremaillere harbor. — Cape Haut-et-Bas lies southwestward, dis- 

 tant f mile from Savage point and Cremaillere harbor extends north- 

 westward, 1y% miles from between them. Anchor point, the north- 

 western point of the peninsula of which Savage point is the south- 

 eastern end, has a snug cove northward of it. 



The harbor entrance westward of Anchor point is nearly 400 

 yards wide between the shoals on either side, and the harbor within 

 affords good anchorage over an area 1 mile long and ^ mile wide, in 

 10 fathoms of water, mud and sand bottom. Shoals extend off 

 Anchor point and the opposite shore for 150 yards, and Bear bank, 

 a shoal with 9 feet of water over it, is situated 200 yards off the 

 south- southwestern shore at 465 yards from the head of the harbor. 



Southeasterly winds bring a sea into the harbor, and westerly 

 winds produce heavy squalls under cape Haut-et-Bas, making the 

 entrance difficult and sometimes impossible for sailing vessels. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at Cremaillere harbor at 

 7h. 13m. ; springs rise 4^ feet, neaps 2f feet. Low Avater occurs 

 about three-quarters of an hour before the time calculated from the 

 establishment. 



Cape Haut-et-Bas is faced by high black cliffs, and Whale grotto, 

 a deep recess in the cliffs, lies northward 600 yards from the cape. 



