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landing may be made on the Bench, which is a shelf 4 feet wide, 

 sloping np the cliff and quickly narrowing to a few inches broad, but 

 keeping that breadth for some 10 feet, after which the ascent is steep 

 Avith good holding. 



Besides Brenton rock, which bears 240°, distant 5 J miles from the 

 island and has 5 fathoms water over it, the island is surrounded by 

 shoals within distances varying from 2^ miles to ^ mile; these shoals 

 are marked on the chart. Although on some of the patches there is 

 a depth of as much as 15 to 16 fathoms, yet, through the sudden 

 change in the dei^th of water, 00 fathoms being the general depth in 

 the vicinity of the island, the sea breaks over them in heavy weather. 



Current. — A strong southerly set is said to be sometimes experi- 

 enced near Funk island. 



Caution is necessary when in the \'icinity of Funk island, especially 

 at night or during foggy weather. 



Tides.- -It is high watei", full ;ind change, at Funk island at Th. 

 Om. ; springs rise 2 to 3 feet approximately. 



Ice was encountered near Fuuk island and westward. of it on June 

 21 to 23, 1899. 



The coast of Newfoundland from Ladle point, the southern en- 

 trance point of Sir Charles Hamilton sound, trends east-southeast- 

 ward for 10 miles to abreast Penguin islands; it is low and almost 

 straight, and there are many shoals off it. 



Ladle island, northeastward, 1,200 yards from Ijadle point, is 

 small and 3-t feet high; a rock, with less than 6 feet of water over it, 

 bears 277°, ^ mile from the northern point of the island. 



Rag'ged harbor is 2^ miles southeastward of Ladle island; in its 

 entrance is an islet 6 feet high, and bearing about 297° from the islet 

 are two rocks with less than 6 feet water over them ; the northwestern 

 rock is distant about | mile, and there is also a rock bearing 210° 

 distant about 200 yards from the islet. The harbor affords good 

 temporary anchorage for small vessels bound southward and detained 

 by a southerly gale, instead of bearing up for Seldom-come-by harbor. 



Bring the fall of a ridge of high land in line with White point, the 

 first point inside on the northwestern shore, bearing 218°, and anchor 

 off AYhite point in 1 fathoms Avater, mud bottom. 



Penguin islands are two fiat islets about 20 feet high, bea ring- 

 north AvestAvard and southeastward f mile from each other; the north- 

 Avestern lies 5 miles south-southeastAA'ard from Peckford island. 



EdAA'ards reef, consisting of extensiA^e patches on which are some 

 small rocks about 10 feet high, lies west-northwestward of the islets. 



Light. — A circular iron tower, 17 feet high, painted red and white 

 in vertical stripes, on the northeastern end of North Penguin island, 

 exhibits at 62 feet above high water, a fixed white light, which should 

 be seen from a distance of 9 miles in clear Aveather. 



