544 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



30 fathoms: there is anchorage above Birchy head in G to 12 fathoms, 

 mud bottom. 



Locker rock, in the middle of the entrance of Locker bay, is awasti 

 at low water: Frying-pan island entirely open of Chalky head, bear- 

 ing 59°, leads southeastward, and entirely shut in, bearing 63°, leadt 

 northwestward of the rock. 



Hare bay is southwestward of Shoal bay on tlie northwestern side 

 of Content reach, and Hare island, 198 feet high, lies in the entrance ; 

 the channels on either side of the island are clear, but the shores of 

 the bay are low and rocky, and must not be approached nearer than 

 400 yards: there is good anchorage in 4 to 18 fathoms water, mud 

 bottom, with Hare island bearing 93°. 



Freshwater bay. — The entrance to this hsij is ^ mile wide, and 

 Hen islands, near the middle, separate it into two channels; the 

 northern is shoal, and only used by small vessels; the southern 

 channel is clear, except a small shoal, with 4 fathoms of water over 

 it, extending southward 200 yards from the eastern Hen island. 



A'\"ithin Hen islands, keep them bearing northward of 98° until 

 Doctors island opens northward of Benmans island, bearing 236°, to 

 clear a bank which stretches off the northern shore. 



Benmans island lies westward 1^ miles from Hen islands and 

 300 yards from the southern shore; the shore between it and the 

 entrance is rocky and shoal; the middle of Traverse island in line 

 with the northern end of Benmans island, bearing 273°, leads north- 

 ward of this foul ground till about 600 yards from Benmans island. 



Mussel bank, northward 150 yards from Benmans island, covers 

 3 feet at high water. 



Butchers cove, on the northern shore innnediatetly within the 

 entrance of Freshwater baj^, extends north-northeastward for 1 mile, 

 with a width of 600 yards, and a depth in the middle of from 4 to 

 13 fathoms, mud bottom. To enter the cove, avoid the bank off the 

 northern shore of the entrance of the bay as above directed, and steer 

 lip its fairway. 



Doctors island, west-southwestward If miles from Benmans 

 island and 800 yards from the southern shore, is small, and 25 feet 

 high : the shore between the islands is rocky, and must not be ap- 

 jiroaclied within the line joining them. 



Traverse island, situated at the southern edge of a rocky bank 

 Avhich stretches from the northern shore of the bay. is small and 15 

 feet high : shoal water extends eastward ^ mile from the island, but 

 only 200 yards into the channel of the bay: when | mile from the 

 island, keep Dale point (the land west of the island), just open 

 southward of Traverse island, bearing 270°. pass the island at 600 

 yards distance, and then sliut the northern side of the entrance in 



