526 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BON AVISTA, 



Elakeys ground, bearing 5°, distant 3-| miles from Snap rock, is 

 a patch of foul ground, on vrliich the sea breaks in heavy weather. 

 Depths of from 9 to 10 fathoms have been obtained over this shoal. 



Pigeon rock, bearing 64°, distant 5 miles from Pigeon island, has 

 2 fathoms "water over it. 



Clam rock, bearing 61°, distant 6^ miles from cape Fogo, has 9 

 fathoms water over it. 



The coast from cape Fogo trends west-northwestward for 7 miles 

 to Burnt point, the eastern entrance point of Seldom-come-bv harbor ; 

 it is bold, rocky, and indented by Cape, Kippin, and Wild coves, 

 wdiich afford no shelter. 



Western Head rock, bearing 151°, distant | mile from Western 

 head, the headland 2| miles west-southwestward of cape Fogo, has 3 

 fathoms water over it ; Burnt point, well open of Wild point, bearing 

 261°, leads southward of the rock. 



Lig-ht. — An open framework structure on Burnt i:)oint exhibits at 

 25 feet above high water a fixed red lantern light, which shoidd be 

 seen from a distance of 2 miles in clear weather. 



Fog* signal. — A cliaphone fog trumpet, placed in a building on 

 Burnt point close northward of the light structure, sounds thus: 

 Blast, five seconds ; silence, one hundred and thirteen seconds ; in thick 

 or foggy weather. 



The light and fog signal are discontinued from January 1 to 

 April 1. 



The fog-signal building, keeper's dwelling, and storehouse are one- 

 storied flat-roofed structures, painted white with a black horizontal 

 band around the middle of each building. 



Seldom-come-by harbor, northwestward nearly a mile from 

 Burnt point, is a cove about 800 yards across, which affords anchor- 

 age in 6 fathoms, mud bottom, and an inner harbor, which runs in 

 westward 600 yards from the cove, with a width of 200 yards and 

 a depth of 12 feet. Shoal water extends nearly 400 yards off Burnt 

 point, and Black reef, which is 400 yards long, northward and south- 

 ward, and partly dry, bears 250°, distant IJOO yards from Burnt 

 point. 



The entrance to the harbor is between Burnt point and Black reef. 

 There is a considerable village around the shore of the harbor, but 

 no supplies except water can be obtained. 



Seldom-come-b}' harbor is the first anchorage northward of Greens 

 pond, from which it is distant 50 miles; it is consequentlj' a much 

 frecjuented stopping place for the Labrador fishing fleet on the way 

 north, when detained by foul winds or ice; in June, under these cir- 

 cumstances, it is often crowded with vessels of 150 tons and less, 

 with their closely packed freight of fishermen, women, and children ; 

 and again in the fall it is much frequented, though not by such large 



