454 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



islet, bearing 205°, but this mark leads close eastward of Jacobs rock, 

 before approaching which steer for the middle of Hardrix island. 



Troytown island. — From the entrance to Pretty tickle the south- 

 ern coast of Troytown island extends east-northeastward for If 

 miles to Servier point, and is densely wooded, cliffy, and very bold. 

 Northward of Servier point is Butlers bight, behind which the 

 wooded hills become lower. At one mile farther east-northeastward 

 there is a small island, TO feet high, separated from the shore by a 

 narrow channel, which partially dries at low water, forming Cards 

 harbor, where there is a fishing station and good shelter for boats. 



The coast of the mainland, westward of Raft tickle, is high and 

 thickly Avooded for nearly a mile. It is fairly bold close in, but about 

 600 yards westward of Raft head and off a small projecting point, 

 locally known as Hogs nose, there are some detached rocks. The in- 

 ner rock, with a depth of 15 feet over it, is 550 yards from Raft 

 head and 100 yards offshore. 



The two outer rocks, with depths of 3 fathoms over them, bear 

 207° and 217°, each distant 400 yards from the same point. 



Local pilots usually pass between these rocks and the shore. 



Sops head, at IJ miles west-southwestward of Raft head, is a 

 high, densely wooded, and conspicuous projection. Opposite to it, on 

 the northern shore, there is a long, narrow inlet, available only for 

 small vessels. 



This inlet reaches to within 400 yards from the head of Tilley cove. 



Tommys arm. — On the northern side of Sops head is the entrance 

 to Tommys arm, which extends west-southwestward for nearly 2 miles 

 and affords sheltered anchorage in 18 to 20 fathoms. 



At 100 yards off the northern entrance point of the arm there is a 

 small patch with a depth of 4 fathoms over it, and a rocky shelf 

 extends 150 yards off Sops head, leaving a good passage in mid- 

 channel. A small rock, 4 feet high, steep-to on its northern side, but 

 with foul ground between it and the southern aiiore, from which it is 

 distant 150 ya-rds, lies ^ mile inside the entrance. 



In the middle of the arm is a wooded islet, 80 feet high, which is 

 steep-to, except on its southwestern side, whence a patch with 18 feet 

 water over it extends for nearly 200 yards. A rock, 5 feet high, lies 

 west-northwestward, distant 300 yards from this islet; and a rock, 

 4 feet high, lies north-northwestward, distant 250 yards from the 

 western end of the islet. 



A quarter of a mile west-southwestward of the rock, 5 feet high, 

 the arm narrows toward the entrance of a stream running southward 

 from the large ponds behind Roberts arm. A small islet, 12 feet high, 

 lies off the northern side of this narrow part, and from a place 200 

 yards eastward of the islet the water gradually shoals toward the 

 mouth of the stream. 



