BURNT ISLAND SOUTH ISLAND. 509 



Communication. — A steamer from Lewisport calls here weekly 

 during summer and autumn ; there is telegraphic communication. 



Burnt Island tickle, separating the northwestern end of South 

 island from Burnt island, is a passage 500 yards wide, but there are 

 so many rocks in it that it requires local knowledge for its navigation. 



Burnt island is about f'j mile long, in an easterly and westerh'^ 

 direction, ^ mile wide, and 230 feet high. Its western and northern 

 sides are steep-to, but a group of islets and rocks, connected by shoal 

 water, extends -f-^ mile east-northeastward from it. 



The Rags, 23 feet high, is the northeasternmost islet of this group. 

 Rags rock, with 11 feet of water over it, lies 100 yards northward of 

 the Rags, and there are other shoals within the distance of 400 yards 

 from the northern sides of the group. When approaching Twillingate 

 harbor from the eastward, do not bring the northwestern end of 

 Burnt island northward of 236° until French head is in line with the 

 northeastern end of Burnt island, bearing 126°, then steer for the 

 entrance. 



Gull island, lying north-northeastward 1 mile from the north- 

 western end of Burnt island, is 161 feet high, with a flat summit, 

 covered with grass, and its coasts are steep cliffs nearly all around. 

 A peaked islet, 96 feet high, is separated by a narrow channel from 

 its western side; sunken rocks extend a short distance from its 

 southeastern point, and Gull Island rock, with 13 feet water over it, 

 lies northward nearly 100 yards from its northern point. 



Old Harry shoals are two rocky patches 200 yards apart, lying 

 north-northwestward and south-southeastward of each other: the 

 southern, with 16 feet water over it. bears 323°, distant If miles from 

 the northeastern end of Gull island: the northern has 3^ fathoms 

 water on it. 



Clearing marks. — Western head of Xew World island, well open 

 nortliAvard of West Shag rock, bearing 207°, leads nortliAvestward ; 

 Sleepy Cove Gull island, open northward of Lower head, bearing 

 210°, leads southeastward; the northeastern point of Burnt island, 

 open westward of Gull island, bearing 146°, leads southwestward; 

 and Carters head, just open west of Burnt island, 175°. leads east- 

 ward of these shoals. 



Several banks, with 11 to 20 fathoms of Avater over them, are 

 situated northward of North Twillingate island, but they only break 

 in heavy weather. 



South island is about 5 miles long, north-northeastward and 

 south-southwestward, with an average width of 2 miles, and it 

 attains a height of 311 feet. The features of the island are diversi- 

 fied, its northern part alternates in hill and dale, while to the south- 

 ward the hills fall steeply to the east coast, and a Ioav flat with 

 numerous lakes extends from the hills to the west coast. 



