516 CAPE Sr. JOHN TO CAPE BOXAVISTA. 



ward, and a moderate sea breaks on it. East Garden island in line 

 with Indian Garden island, bearing 240°, leads northwestward; the 

 southwestern end of Shag islets in line with the western end of 

 Smoker island, bearing 348°, leads northeastward; and the entrance 

 to the shoal arm of Farewell harbor, open of the northwestern shore 

 of the harbor, bearing 218°, leads southeastward of this reef. 



Indian Garden island, situated If miles westward from the 

 northeastern Farewell Duck island, is small, rocky, and 49 feet high ; 

 a reef extends 400 yards northward from it, and off its southwestern 

 end is a low rocky islet. 



A rock, with 3 feet water over it, bears 204°, distant 1,300 yards, 

 and another with the same depth bears 126°, distant 1,100 yards from 

 Indian Garden island. 



East Garden island, northward 800 yards from Farewell Duck 

 islands, is fiat and about 40 feet high. 



Caution. — ^The coast between Beaver head and Farewell Duck 

 islands should not be approached inside the line of East Garden and 

 Indian Garden islands without local knowledge. 



Garden rock, bearing 24°, distant ^ mile from East Garden island, 

 has 6 feet water over it. 



Farewell Gull island, lying If miles southward from the north- 

 eastern Farewell Duck island and about 600 yards off Farewell head, 

 is 100 feet high and conspicuous on northerly or southerly bearings. 

 (Farewell head, see p. 531.) 



Farewell harbor, immediately westward of Farewell Gull island, 

 is 800 yards wide and 1,600 yards in extent, and affords anchorage 

 in 4 to 8 fathoms water, mud bottom ; northeasterly winds blow into 

 the harbor with a fetch of 2^ miles from the southern part of Change 

 island ; a shoal arm encumbered by bowlders extends inland about 

 1^ miles from the harbor. 



Dog" reef, bearing 69°, distant 1 mile from Farewell Gull island, 

 and northward 1,200 yards from Dog Bay islands, is ^ mile long, 

 eastward and westward. 



Change island extends northward and southward for 7 miles with 

 a general width of 1 mile. South end point of the island bears 117°, 

 distant 2 miles from the eastern Farewell Duck island. 



Lig-ht. — A white square pyramidal tower, about 30 feet high, on 

 South End point of Change island, exhibits, at 43 feet above high 

 water, a fixed red light, which is visible except where obscured by the 

 land. The light is exhibited during the season of navigation. 



The west coast of Change island affords shelter only for the 

 small craft of the fishermen, except in Deep cove, 2^ miles north- 

 ward of South End point, which is 200 yards wide and 800 yards 

 deep, with 3 to 6 fathoms water, sand bottom; the entrance is mid- 



