412 CAPE BAULD TO CAPE ST. JOHN. 



Purbeck cove affords the best anchorage on the eastern side of 

 White bay southward of Hauling arm. Shoal water extends about 

 200 yards from the head of the cove, and a rocky patch, with 28 feet 

 water over it, bears 284°, distant 400 yards from Eastern head, the 

 eastern entrance point. Shale point, northeastward about 400 yards 

 from Western head, is a detached block of shale 60 feet high, standing 

 out from the cliff, and showing white when the sun shines on it. 

 Purbeck brook is a small stream running into the head of the cove. 



Anchorag'e. — There is anchorage anywhere in the cove, but the 

 best berth is in 11 to 13 fathoms toward the eastern corner, where 

 there are two or three houses. 



Western cove is 2 miles northward of Eastern head of Purbeck 

 cove, its northern side being formed by a small peninsula, which 

 projects outside of the shore line. Gull rocks are two small rocks, 

 the larger being 29 feet high, on the southern side of the cove ; both 

 are fairly steep-to. Western cove has a small settlement and a few 

 landing stages on its shores. There is a post-office and a church 

 standing on the rising ground behind the eastern side of the cove. 



There is anchorage off the cove in about 11 fathoms, but it is open 

 to the westward and to the sea, which rolls into White bay with 

 strong easterly winds. 



Light. — A fixed white light is exhibited from a white framework 

 on the northern point of Western cove from June to January, and 

 it should be seen from a distance of 6 miles in clear weather. 



Wisemans cove, on the northern side of the small peninsula 

 forming the northern side of Western cove, is separated from Pound 

 cove, northeastward of it, by a low point. In both these coves there 

 are some houses, but Wisemans curve is quite open. Pound cove has 

 some dry rocks across its head, and there is some shelter for boats 

 behind them. 



The shore from Pound cove trends northeastward 2| miles to 

 Wild Cove point, the southwestern entrance point of Hauling arm. 



Western or Hauling- arm. — Hauling point lies north-north- 

 eastward, distant 1,400 yards from Wild Cove point, and the entrance 

 of Western arm is between them. The arm extends eastward 1^ miles 

 to the narrows, where its width is about 300 yards, and it then runs 

 east-southeastward for ly^ miles farther, with a width of 600 yards. 



Wild cove extends southward for 1,200 yards immediately within 

 Wild Cove point; its width is 700 yards at its entrance, decreasing 

 to 200 yards at its head. It affords anchorage for small vessels, but 

 it is open northward. 



Western arm is clear of shoals at 50 yards off its shores up to the 

 shoals at its head, but foul ground, with 4 fathoms and less water 

 over it, extends 150 yards off Shoal point, the eastern entrance point 

 of Bear cove, situated on the northern shore 1,200 yards westward of 



