402 CAPE BAULD TO CAPE ST. JOHN. 



Bank. — A bank, with 15 to 20 fathoms of water o^er it, extending 

 1^ miles in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction, lies abont 1 

 mile eastward of the entrance of Little Cat arm. 



The shore. — White point, the southern entrance point of Little 

 Cat arm, is a low bare point extending from the foot of wooded hills, 

 and the shore of White bay thence to P^astern head of Great Cat arm 

 at l^Q miles sonth-southwestward is cliify, steep-to. and backed by 

 high wooded hills. 



Great Cat arm is about 1 mile wide at its entrance between East- 

 ern head and Western head, two cliffy points, which bear north- 

 eastward and southwestward from each other. Eastern head is 

 backed by high wooded hills, while the hills directly over ^A'estern 

 head are bare and rocky. 



At 700 yards west-southwestward of Eastern head is Shoal point, 

 a low flat point with a beach of large stones and bowlders ; from this 

 point shoal water extends 300 yards, and farther off there are some 

 detached rocky ]5atches of 2 to 4^ fathoms, the latter bearing 165°, 

 535 yards from the point. Outside these patches the water quickly 

 deepens to 20 fathoms and upward, and on the southwestern side of 

 the outer shoal the depth of 20 fathoms is distant less than 100 yards. 



The western side of the entrance is clear of shoals, but at 400 yards 

 southward of AVestern head a rocky patch, with a depth of 3^ 

 fathoms over it, lies 300 yards offshore. The contour line of 10 

 fathoms is 400 yards outside this patch, and depths of (> to 9 fathoms 

 I'each from here to Western head. Southeastward 1 mile from West- 

 ern head a bank, with 12 to 13 fathoms of water over it, extends north- 

 eastward and southwestward 1^ miles; it is the summit of a long- 

 ridge which has depths of 25 to 30 fathoms. 



From its entrance Great Cat arm extends west-northwestward 2f 

 miles, then after bending southwestward for 1 mile it turns sharply 

 northwestward for about 1^ miles. It is surrounded by high hills 

 with cliffy faces throughout, those on the northern side being gen- 

 erally bare or burnt, while those on the southern side are densely 

 wooded. Inside the entrance the shores are everywhere steep-to 

 except at the head of the arm, where there is a shallow flat ^ mile 

 in length. A small stream flows into the arm at its head, and at 

 600 yards from the head on the southern side is the mouth of a 

 stream divided by two small islets ; inside these islets there is a deep 

 pool into which the stream falls from a small gorge between the hills. 



Anchorag'e. — There is good anchorage in 12 to 18 fathoms, sand 

 and mud, in Camp cove, on the southern side of the first bend and 

 directly opposite a high cliffy point on the northern shore, but this 

 position is subject to violent squalls during strong westerly winds. 

 A better position, where the squalls are not so violent, is found 1,400 

 yards up the arm from the cliffy point and southeastward 400 yards 



