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Anchorage. — There is anchorage at the head of the arm in 8 to 10 

 fathoms of water, with fair holding ground, but vessels remaining 

 require heavy anchors and a long scope of cable. 



Paris bay is generally clear of shoals at 100 yards from its shores, 

 till 300 yards from its head; at the narrows, 1,200 yards within its 

 entrance, it is only 200 yards broad, but inside it opens to a width of 

 400 yards, with a small area of deep water. 



Anchorage. — The holding ground in Paris bay is not good till 

 Pelee point is shut in with Broussailles point, the southern entrance 

 point of the bay, bearing 09'^. Small vessels anchor in 5 fathoms 

 of water, mud bottom. Westerly winds cause violent squalls in this 

 harbor that strain the cables of vessels at anchor, and sometimes 

 make beating in impossible. 



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

 6h. 49m. 



Water may be obtained from a fine waterfall in Northwest arm, 

 and, not so easily, at low water only, from a stream well stocked with 

 fish at the head of Paris bay. 



The coast. — Cape Brule rises in Gros Morne, at 600 yards west- 

 ward of it, to the height of 577 feet. Cape Cania lies southeastward, 

 distant 1,400 yards from cape Brule, the coast between forming a 

 bight ^ mile deep. A ledge extends northeastward 400 yards from 

 cape Cania. Cape Cagnet, east-southeastward 2^ miles from cape 

 Cania, is white and iDrolonged b}^ low rocks; it is the western entrance 

 point of Confusion bay. 



Confusion bay. — Brent Cove head lies about east-northeastward, 

 distant nearly 3 miles from cape Cagnet, and from between them 

 Confusion bay extends southward about If miles. The bay has two 

 bights at its head; Grand cove, the western, 2 miles southward of 

 cape Cagnet, is open to the northward; its shores are inaccessible, 

 and boats must not be caught there with onshore winds. 



Round harbor (le grand coup de Hache), the eastern bight, 

 situated south-southwestward 2,^ miles from Brent Cove head, is small 

 but safe. The beacon at the head of the harbor in line with Caro- 

 line point, bearing 171°, leads into the harbor between the shoals 

 extending from Major and Blanche points. The inner anchorage 

 is only 200 yards across and Crocodile shoal lies just within its 

 entrance. 



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

 7h. 15m. : springs rise 5:^ feet, neaps 3 feet. 



Brent cove (le petit coup de Hache) is a mile northeastward of 

 Round harbor and separated from it by coup de Hache point, a high 

 steep round hill sloping to a white point. 



Brent Cove head is high, steep, and of a dull color; a reef lies 

 about 300 yards off the coast just eastward of the head, and there is a 



