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Goose cove, northwestward 1^ miles from Goose cape, is entered 

 between Loup Marin or Seal point, the western end of Goose Cape 

 peninsula, and Flat point of the mainland, off which shoals stretch 

 for 150 yards. The entrance, through which 4^ fathoms water can 

 be carried, is intricate. Coq islet, 20 feet high, lies close off Seal 

 point, leaving a passage for boats between them, and a shoal extends 

 northwestward 33 yards from this islet. 



Beacon. — A beacon with a topmark stands on Coq islet. 

 Cigale point, the inner northern entrance point, is a quarter of a 

 mile eastward of Flat point, and between them there is a cove ex- 

 tending nearly 400 yards to the northward with shallow water in it ; 

 shoal water extends nearly 200 yards southeastward from Cigale 

 point, just south-southwestward of the end of which is la Fourmi 

 (Ant) rock that covers at half tide. Eastward of this rock the 

 harbor expands to about 550 yards across and affords landlocked 

 anchorage in 5 to 9 fathoms water, good holding ground. 



Directions. — Goose cove should not be entered except in a vessel 

 under perfect command, and a sailing vessel requires a fresh breeze 

 to take the bends. If the shoal off Coq islet is not breaking, biioy it, 

 then enter, round the buoy and the island close to, pass southward of 

 la Fourmi rock and turn eastward into the anchorage. 



Tides and tidal streams. — It is high water, full and change, at 

 Goose cove at 7h. 13m. ; springs rise 5 feet, neaps 2| feet. 



There is no appreciable stream in the entrance to the cove, and 

 the streams, outside the entrance, appear to be independent of the 

 tide, and to follow irregularly the direction of the coast, at rates 

 rarely exceeding 1 mile an hour, and sometimes not perceptible, 

 but they are always strongest off Goose cape. 



Water is abundant, but difficult to obtain, as the boats can not get 

 close to the mouths of the streams. 



Bouleaux bay is immediately northwestward of Goose cove and 

 open to the southwestward. 



Ireland bay, Avest-northwestward 5 miles from Goose cove, is a 

 slight bend in the land, where there is a small settlement and a 

 church. Northward of this bay are Capillaire mountains, with a 

 remarkable summit that is conspicuous from Belleisle strait. 



How harbor, also known as Bustard bay, Havre Hodidou, and Baie 

 de I'Outarde, is westward 11 miles from Goose cove and extends 

 northwestward 2 miles : its width is I mile at the entrance and ^ mile 

 inside. 



Estaing shoal lies about 200 yards from the shore at 400 yards 

 southeastward of Eoland puint, the eastern entrance point, and has 3 

 feet water over it. 



Ledret shoal, bearing 173°, distant 1.350 yards from Fendue 

 point, the western entrance point, has 13 feet water over it. 



