512 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONA VISTA. 



avoid the shoal, with 4 fathoms Avater over it, westward of Indian 

 cove. "\'^lien approaching the southern end of Black island, keep the 

 square rock point on that island well open southward of the red point 

 bearing 38°, until the southwestern end of Duck island opens west- 

 ward of Black island, bearing 345° : then steer about 294°. and when 

 Back Harbor head opens westward of Bluff head, bearing 332°. which 

 mark leads westward of Middle ground, steer northward through 

 Frida}^ bay. 



From the westward, keep Back Harbor head open westward of 

 Bluff head, bearing 332°, and when the southwestern end of Black 

 island bears 103°, steer about 114°, keeping the western end of Duck 

 island, open westward of Black island, bearing 345°, until the square 

 rock point on Black island opens well southward of the red point, 

 bearing 38°. Then steer along the southeastern coast of Black island, 

 and when approaching Indian cove keep Main Tickle island well open 

 westward of Gull island, which is situated off the northern entrance 

 point of Lobster Harbor bight, bearing 16°. to avoid the shoal west- 

 ward of Indian cove. Enter Main tickle and keep this mark open 

 to clear Lobster Harbor rock, and when northward of Lobster harbor, 

 the peninsula northward of that harbor open westward of Gull island 

 (Lobster harbor), bearing 159°, until the northern end of Gull island 

 (Merit harbor) opens northward of Tobacco islands, bearing 41°, 

 clears the rock with 9 feet water over it. The southern entrance point 

 of Main Tickle cove open eastward of Powderhorn rock, bearing 

 359°, clears Lowland rock. The passages on either side of Main Tickle 

 island are clear in mid-channel, but there is a rock close northward of 

 Tobacco islands. 



Bacalhao island, situated 6^ miles eastward from the Rags, is 

 about 2 miles long, northeastward and southwestward, 800 yards wide, 

 and its summit, near its southwestern end, is 324 feet high : the island 

 is barren. 



Lig-ht. — A cylindrical iron tower, 35 feet high, painted red and 

 wliite in spiral bands, on Bacalhao island at about i mile from its 

 southwestern end, exhibits at 351 feet above high water an intermit- 

 tent white light, thus: Light, three seconds: eclipse, three seconds, 

 which should be seen from a distance of 13 miles in clear Aveather. 

 The light being unwatched should not be implicitly relied on. The 

 keeper's dwelling, situated 25 yards northward of the lighthouse, and 

 the covered way connecting it, are painted white, but the}' are only 

 partly visible from seaward. 



Sig-nals. — The lighthouse is supplied with the International code 

 signals. 



Bacalhao rock, lying eastward, distant about I mile from the 

 northeastern end of Bacalhao island, is 4 feet high, foul all around, 

 and shoiild not be approached nearer than ^ mile. 



