524 CAPE ST. JOHX TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



sea g-eneralh' breaks, with 30 to 70 fathoms of water close around 

 them. This patch of rocks extends 1 mile westward of the eastern 

 one. 



Jacobs ledge, east-northeastward 1| miles from Ireland rocks, and 

 bearing 30°, distant 8^ miles from Eound head, is a patch of small 

 extent, with 5^ fathoms of water over it, on which the sea breaks in 

 heavy weather. This ledge is the northeastern shoal of the belt. The 

 bottom around it is foul and irregular, and there may be other rocks 

 in its vicinity. 



Hard hat, bearing 207°, distant 1^ miles from Jacobs ledge, is a 

 patch of foul ground on which a depth of 11 fathoms has been found. 

 This shoal breaks in bad weather, and the local fishermen report that 

 there is a depth of 6 fathoms on it. 



Green Bay bank, bearing 292°, distant 2^ miles from Hard hat, 

 and 355°, distant 3f miles from Bishop island, is a patch of rocks on 

 which a depth of 10 fathoms has been found. It breaks in bad 

 weather. 



Drovers rock, bearing 350°, distant about 2 miles from Eound 

 head, is small and awash at high water. 



Current, — The southerly current setting toward Fogo island, at 

 about 2 miles off Fogo head, turns and sets eastward along the north 

 coast of the island, and among the rocks and islands off it, at a rate 

 of ^ to 1^ miles, but is much influenced by the winds, being accel- 

 erated by northerly and retarded by southerly winds, while before 

 easterly gales it sometimes sets northward. The current is said to 

 set either eastward or westward off Storehouse and Little Fogo 

 islands. 



A branch of the southerly current sets southward between Change 

 and Fogo islands at a rate of about 4 mile an hour, but it is lost before 

 arriving at Stag Harbor tickle. 



The ea.st coast of Fogo island from Kound head trends southeast- 

 ward for 7 miles to cape Fogo. 



Hennings islet, bearing 125°, distant 1.600 yards from Eound 

 head, and 900 yards offshore, is 6 feet high and steep-to. 



Tilton harbor, southeastward 2^% miles from Eound head and 

 3^ miles northwestward of cape Fogo, is an inlet about 700 yards 

 across, open northward; Pigeon island lies close northward of it. 

 There is a depth of 3 feet water, rocky bottom, in its entrance, so it 

 can only be entered by boats. On the shores of the harbor is a con- 

 siderable fishing village, which, with its church, is visible from a 

 short distance seaward. 



Light. — A square white tower, 17 feet high, on Sloans hill, on the 

 western side of Tilton harbor entrance, exhibits between June 1 and 

 December 15, at 91 feet above high water, a fixed red light, which is 

 visible seaward except where obscured by Pigeon island. This light 



