558 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BON AVISTA. 



around, flat topped, 83 feet high, arid conspicuous. Ashley Baker 

 island lies westward f mile from Minchin island; the shore between 

 them is broken and rock}-; there is temporary anchorage, in 8 fath- 

 oms water, between these islands in fine weather, but the bottom is 

 rocky and uneven. 



Dumpling and Bread coves, at about o and 4 miles westward of 

 Ashley Baker island, are both rocky, and afford anchorage, in 4 

 fathoms water, between the lines of their outer points, on a bottom 

 strewn with bowlders. 



Bryans Hole point is on the northwestern shore of Clode sound at 

 4 miles southwestward of Bread cove, and there is anchorage on 

 either side of it. 



Love cove, on the southern side of the sound at 1^ miles eastward 

 of the Narrows, affords anchorage in 8 fathoms water, and Bunyan 

 cove, eastward 1 mile, has anchorage in 3^ fathoms. 



The southeastern shores of Clode sound and Chandler reach from 

 Bunyan cove to Pudding cove, a distance of 15 miles, are steep-to 

 and afford no anchorage. 



Pudding cove is 200 yards wide, with a depth of 4 fathoms of 

 Avater, mud bottom, and is a good watering place. There is an islet 

 off' its eastern entrance point. 



Deer island, on the southern side of Chandler reach, at 1 mile 

 westward of Chance islet, is 310 feet high ; between it and the shore is 

 a narrow channel with 6 fathoms water. 



Goose bay is free from shoals, except close to the shore and within 

 the line of the points of its bays, which are all shallow and rocky. 

 There is good anchorage in 14 fathoms water at f mile from Goose 

 head, a bluff' on the eastern side of the bay, and in less water from 

 this to the head, a distance of 2 miles. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Goose bay at 7h. 22m. : 

 springs rise 4| feet, neaps 2^ feet. 



The shore of Bonavista bay from Western head to Southern head, 

 lying 3^ miles eastward, is much indented; rocky ground extends f 

 mile off it, and the eastern hill of Swale island should be kept open 

 northward of AVestern head, bearing 266°. 



Deep cove, eastward of Western head, is open and stretches south- 

 ward for 1 mile ; the eastern shore is foul. 



Castle and Keels coves, about a mile eastward of Deep cove, are 

 encumbered with rocks, and afford only a summer resort for fishing 

 vessels. Keels is a considerable fishing village. 



Communication. — The steamer from port Blandf ord calls at 

 Keels cove weekly during summer and autumn. 



Cary rock, bearing 26°, distant f mile from Keels eastern head, 

 and the outer shoal in the vicinity, has 12 feet water over it. 



