522 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BOXAVISTA. 



Fogo town/' situated around the harbor, is of considerable ini- 

 jDortance, being the depot for the surrounding fishing districts, and 

 its population was 815 in 1891. 



Cominunication. — The steamer from Lewisport calls at Fogo har- 

 bor weekly during summer and autumn. 



Lions Den point lies 900 yards eastward from the northern point 

 of Rags island, and Lanes lookout, a roclrj/^ hill, 385 feet high (the 

 highest in the island), which falls steeply to the northward, is 

 situated 1,200 yards south-southwestward from Lions Den point. 



A rock awash at low water, bears 92°, distant nearly ^ mile from 

 Lions Den point. 



Shoal bay, in the middle of the northern side of Fogo island, 

 extends 3 miles southward, is | mile wide, and open northward; it 

 affords safe anchorage in summer in 8 to 10 fathoms water on the 

 western side, near the head. Avoid approaching, in the line of their 

 direction, the islands which run out from the middle of the head of 

 the ba}", and terminate in Steering island. 



Bard island, on the eastern side of Shoal bay entrance, has a con- 

 siderable village on it, but Bard cove, on the eastern side of the island, 

 is only a boat harbor. 



Dean rock, bearing 2', distant f mile from the northwestern point 

 of Bard island, has a depth of 1 foot water over it; the sea generally 

 breaks on the rock. Brimstone head seen through Fogo harbor en- 

 trance, bearing 239°, leads northward, and the western side of Bard 

 island, bearing eastward of 176°, leads westward of this rock. 



Joe Batts arm, the entrance of which is eastward about 1 mile 

 from Bard island, is so full of rocks as to be unsuitable for navigation, 

 though a vessel of 100 tons can be moored in it. There is a flourish- 

 ing fishing village on its shores. 



Ice. — Northern ice usually arrives at Joe Batts arm about Jan- 

 uary 3. 



Brookes point is about 1 mile northward of the rocks at the 

 eastern side of the entrance of Joe Batts arm, and Joe Batts point, 

 about J mile eastward of it, is low and shelving. 



Lig-ht. — A white scjuare pyramidal lighthouse, 27 feet high, on 

 Brookes point, exhibits at 97 feet above high water an intermittent 

 white light, thus : Light, seven seconds : eclipse, three seconds, which 

 should be seen from a distance of 15 miles in clear weather. The 

 light is obscured by Round head when bearing northward of 280°. 

 On the southern side of the lighthouse are a flat-roofed one-storied 

 dwelling and a store, both white. 



" Missionary reports give the following mean monthly temperatures at 

 Fogo: January, 18°.6; February, 16°.3; March, 23°.5; April, 33°; May, 41°.8; 

 June. .53°.4; July, 59°.7; August. 61°.3: September, 54°.G: October, 44°.4: 

 >"()veiiil)er. 33°.2: December. 2.5°.3 F. 



