SPRING ISLAND MAIDEN ARM. 379 



extends eastward 400 yards from Johnson point, the eastern point of 

 the northern part of the island. 



Spring- island, northward 1,100 yards from Nu islet, is 900 yards 

 long- in an easterly and westerly direction, abont 400 yards wide, and 

 79 feet high. Two rocks above water lie within a cable of its southern 

 side, and a reef extends 300 yards oft' its eastern end. 



Great arm, the entrance of which is between Johnson point and 

 La Source point, at about 1,300 yards to the southeastw^ard, extends 

 southwestward about 1,600 yards, and though open to northeasterly 

 winds it aft'ords on the southeastern side, at about 800 yards within 

 the entrance fair anchorage with offshore winds in 6 to 8 fathoms of 

 water. The bottom is uneven, and as there is a shoal, with 3f fath- 

 oms of water over it, at 133°, 600 yards from Johnson point and in 

 the middle of the entrance, keep rather on the southern side when 

 entering. Shoal water and some rocky patches of 4 to 5 fathoms 

 extend ^ mile northward from La Source point. 



La Source or Spring inlets are three small arms, having shallow 

 water, at the head of Great arm. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in La Source inlets at 

 6h. 57m. ; springs rise 4:^ feet, neaps 1 J feet. 



The coast between La Source point and Maiden point, at 2 miles 

 to the eastward, is bordered by islets and rocks for nearly ^ mile off 

 it; Goelands islet, the westernmost, bears .56°, distant 800 yards from 

 La Source point. 



Jehenne shoal, bearing 75°, distant 700 yards from the northern 

 end of Goelands islet, has 9 feet water over it. This coast should not 

 be approached within 1 mile. 



Dnchayla rock, bearing 340°, distant Ij^ miles from Maiden 

 point, has 9 feet water over it. Caution is necessary to clear this 

 rock when entering Hare bay ; Deaths Head island, open eastward of 

 Maiden ponit, bearing 135°, leads about 1,600 yards southwestward 

 of the rock. 



Maiden arm (havre de la Tete de Mort) is entered between 

 Maiden point and Deaths Head island, which island bears about 130°, 

 distant 1,300 yards from the point, and is a bare rock 56 feet high, 

 steep-to, except on its southwestern side off which a reef extends 300 

 yards; Starboard island lies on the w^estern side of the entrance, and 

 southeastward about 150 yards from the southern point of Maiden 

 point headland. 



Port island, southwestward about 400 yards from Deaths Head 

 island, is separated from the mainland by a channel 50 yards wide, 

 with 13 feet water in it. 



The harbor extends southwestward 1,400 yards within Port island 

 to Elbow point, where it branches into two bays, the northern of 

 which is shallow. 



