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Ice. — Sir Charles Hamilton sound freezes over in Janiiarv, ejist- 

 warcl to a curved line from Seldom-come-by-harbor to East Indian, 

 Goose, Grass, and Noggin islands; easterly winds fill the sound. Avinds 

 between east-sontheasterly and west-southwesterly clear it. Owing to 

 the southerly current from cape Fogo, this locality and that of Gopper 

 island are often clear of ice. 



Rocky bay. — Rocky point is situated west-southwestward 4J miles 

 from Ladle j^oint, and westward, 6 miles from Rocky point, is a head- 

 land off which are Grass islands. The entrance to Rocky bay is be- 

 tween Rocky point and Grass islands. In the middle of the entrance 

 are Green and Noggin islands, connected by shoal water. White 

 island lies a mile southeastward from Green island. The channels 

 betAveen Noggin and Grass islands, and also between Green and White 

 islands, are clear. 



The inner part of the baA^ is diAdded into four arms, of Avhich 

 Southwest and Middle arms are shallow and encumbered with islets 

 and bowlders. 



Northwest arm has in its middle part two rocks, Avith less than 6 

 feet of water OA^er them, and there is a patch of 3J fathoms water, 

 nearly midway between Noggin island and Noggin hill; in this arm 

 keep near the western shore, haA^ng the upper points of the eastern 

 shore open, to clear the rocks in the middle; when A^Hiite island is 

 shut in with the outer eastern' point of the arm, bearing about 52°, 

 the inner rock is past, and vessels may anchor in 4 to (> fathoms, nnid 

 bottom. 



Noggin hill, on the western side of Northwest arm, is Avooded, 251 

 feet high, and conspicuous from being surrounded by low land. 



Noggin coA'e, the Avesternmost coA^e of Rocky bay. is generally 

 shallow. 



Tickle island lies close off the mainland at 2^ miles west-south- 

 westward of Grass islands; it is separated on its northwestern side 

 from Gander island by a channel about 600 yards wide. 



Gander island^ in the entrance of Gander bay, is l-\ miles long, 

 north-northeastward and west-southwestward, and about 600 yards 

 wide; shoal water extends ^ mile from its northern end, and a shoal, 

 terminating in Duck islet, stretches southwestward 800 yards from its 

 southern end. 



Gander bay, the principal entrance of which is between Gander 

 island and Dog point, which lies 2x\ miles west-northwestward, 

 extends southward for 12^ miles, and Gander riA'er flows into its 

 head. 



Storehouse island, | mile off the eastern shore of the bay at 2^ 

 miles within Duck islet, is flat, and 29 feet high ; shoal Avater extends 

 southwestAvard f mile from it, and Robinson rock, the shoalest part 

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