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entrance point. It is necessary to have a pilot or local knowledge to 

 enter or leave this harbor. 



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

 6h. oSm. : springs rise -i feet. 



Ma,daiiie island is the northeasternmost of a group of islands, 

 nearly joined to one another and the mainland, situated on the west- 

 ern side of Fichot channel. 



Eepisse shoal, bearing 2°, distant 400 yards from Madame island, 

 has 3 feet water over it. and is near the end of a ledge, part of which 

 uncovers, extending ^ mile from Madame island. 



Four harbor, southward | mile from Cow point, is only suitable 

 for small vessels that can anchor in a space 300 yards long and 200 

 yards broad in 5 to 6 fathoms water, or moor in an arm, 100 yards 

 wide, extending southwestward about TOO yards from the anchorage. 

 The entrance points are 200 yards apart, but the clear chamiel be- 

 tween the shoals off the points is onl}^ 100 yards wide. 



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

 5m. ; springs rise 4 feet. 



Virgin shoal, bearing 133°, distant 300 yards from the northern 

 entrance point of Four harbor, has T feet water over it, and is steep-to 

 on its northern side. The southern hill on Fichot island open north- 

 eastward of Madame island, bearing 119°, leads northeastward of 

 this shoal. 



Virgin bay is southeastward of Four harbor and separated from 

 it by a peninsula. 



Little Islets harbor, southwestward of Madame island, lies be- 

 tAveen English island and the peninsula southeastward of Virgin bay, 

 off which shoals extend a short distance. 



Little Madame island is in the entrance to the harbor, and the only 

 passage in is on the northwestern side of that island; it is clear in 

 mid-channel and 50 yards wide. The harbor, suitable for small ves- 

 sels, is 300 yards long and 200 yards wdde, with anchorage in 13 feet 

 water between the two northern fishing stages on its western side. 



There is a flagstaff on the northern entrance point. 



Fichot channel is between Madame and English islands, on the 

 western side, and Fichot island, on the eastern side, and its width 

 is 1,100 yards. 



Midchannel rock, bearing 286°, distant 650 yards from the south- 

 ernmost point of Fichot island, is awash and the sea always breaks 

 on it; there is a good passage on either side of the rock, the nearer 

 one to Fichot island being the wider. 



Bruyantes rock, eastward 300 yards from English island and 

 267°, distant 400 yards from Midchannel rock, is awash and the sea 

 nearly always breaks on it. 



