SMOKER HEAD CHANGE ISLAND TICKLE. 517 



way between Wood islands on the north and Water Bears rocks on 

 the south ; these rocks, though they cover at high water, are generally 

 visible. 



Smoker island, bearing 326°, distant 3 miles from South End 

 point and | mile westward from the nearest rocks off Wood islands, 

 is 20 feet high and flat ; a rock over which there is a depth of 9 feet, 

 bears 179°, distant 450 yards from the southern end of Smoker island. 



Ragged islets, bearing 11°, distant 1 mile from Smoker island 

 and the same distance offshore, are low, with many sunken rocks 

 around them. Pipe rock, the outer, bears 258°, distant ^ mile from 

 the southern Eagged islet, has 2 feet water over it, and breaks in a 

 moderate sea; South End point, in line with Smoker island, bearing 

 148°, leads southwestward of it. 



Shag islets, north-northwestward 1^ miles from Ragged islets, 

 extend 1^ miles, northeastward and southwestward, with a width of 

 ^ mile and a general height of 20 feet ; Mile islet, the northeastern of 

 the group, is distant about 1,200 yards from the west coast of Change 

 island. 



Shag rock, bearing 216°, distant 700 yards from the southwestern 

 Shag islet, has 4 feet w^ater over it and often breaks. South End 

 point touching the eastern side of Smoker island, bearing 148°, 

 leads 600 yards southwestward of it, but this mark leads only about 

 200 yards northeastward of Grass}" rock (p. 514). 



Change Island tickle, at the northern part of Change island, has 

 a depth of 12 feet of water in its shoalest part, and is a safe and 

 convenient harbor for a small vessel; the eastern entrance is avail- 

 able in any weather, but it is difficult to make out, unless the houses 

 on its shores are seen. 



On the northern side of this entrance are Tobacco island and sev- 

 eral other islands inside of it, generally dome-shaped and 50 to 70 

 feet high, while on the southern side of the entrance is Ruth island, 

 generally flat and about 20 feet high, with two islands southward of 

 it, also generally flat. 



A rock about 200 j^ards in extent, with 12 feet water over it, that 

 breaks heavily, bears 64°, distant 200 yards from Ruth island; in 

 light winds with a heavy sea pass southward of Ruth island, to give 

 a good berth to this rock. 



The passage between Tobacco and Ruth islands is clear in its fair- 

 way, and after passing between the two rocky islets to the north- 

 westward and Ruth island to the southeastward, just close in the 

 points of the tickle, bearing 241°, to clear White ground on the north 

 and Skinner rock on the south ; and when the western tickle on the 

 north is open, bearing 345°, or Skinner cove bears 148°, open the 

 points of the tickle, and anchor in 6 to 8 fathoms water, mud bottom. 



