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Middle tickle, between the two middle islands of the group, is short 

 and narrow, but clear of shoals, except close to the shore on the east- 

 ern side; a patch, with 9 feet of water over it, lies southeastward, 

 distant 400 yards on the same side. 



Long tickle, the channel between the two western Long islands, is 

 narrow and rocky. 



Hurloc head, westward of Long islands and separated from them 

 by a short, clear, and deep channel ^ mile wide, is a steep bluff 230 

 feet high. 



Copper island, north-northeastward 1.200 yards from Hurloc 

 head, is 120 feet high and steep all around. 



Western head, east-northeastward of miles from the eastern 

 point of the easternmost of the Long islands, is the northern end of a 

 bold barren promontory, about I mile in width, steep-to on both sides 

 and 443 feet high. 



Rocks, having depths of 7 to 10 fathoms of water over them, lie 

 around Western head at the distance of about 2 miles and cause a 

 confused sea in heavy weather ; at times the sea breaks on them. 



Bacon Bone rock, bearing 245°, distant IJ miles from Western 

 head and f mile offshore, has 4 feet of water over it ; and there is a 

 patch, with 3 fathoms of water over it, at 300 yards north-northwest 

 ward of the rock. 



Southern head, open north Avard of Western head, bearing 101°. 

 leads northward; Deer island shut in with Long islands, bearing 

 239°, leads northwestward; and Arrow point, open westward of Red 

 Cliff island, bearing 170°, leads westward of Bacon Bone rock and 

 patch. . 



The shore of Bonavista bay from Western head trends south- 

 southwestward for 3 J miles to Arch Cliff point ; it is steep and bold 

 until off Tickle cove, eastward of Arch Cliff point, when it becomes 

 low and rugged, with rocks extending 400 yards. Tickle cove is a 

 fishing village without any harbor, and rocks extend 400 yards off 

 Arch Cliff point. 



Western rock, bearing 228°, distant nearly 800 yards from Arch 

 Cliff' point, is small, pointed, and 2 feet high. 



The shore from Arch Cliff point trends southward for 3f miles to 

 Plate cove ; between is Open hole, a shallow bay with a considerable 

 fishing village on its shores, but affording no anchorage. 



Red Cliff island, southward 1 mile from Arch Cliff point and 300 

 yards offshore, is 50 feet high, and conspicuous from its red and 

 yellow rocks. 



Ice. — The sea about Open hole and Red Cliff island freezes about 

 the middle of February and the ice clears during April, early or late 

 in the month according to the season; northern ice generally arrives 

 about the middle of February and leaves about the middle of April. 



