562 CAPE BONAVISTA TO CAPE EACE. 



shoals in the immediate vicinity of cape Bonavista to affect a ship 

 in a moderate sea. 



Note. — Eocks, with less than 5 fathoms of water over them, break 

 witii a moderate sea, those with 5 to 10 fathoms break with a heavy- 

 sea, and those with 10 to 15 fathoms break after heavy gales from 

 seaward. 



Gull island, northward 1,200 yards from cape Bonavista, is 117 

 feet high. A rock with 12 feet of water over it, lies southward 200 

 yards from the island, and a rock with less than 6 feet over it lies 

 southwestward 400 yards from the cape, but close to the shore. 



Asjpect of coast. — From the eastward, Burnt ridge, a table-land 

 500 feet high, situated 4 miles southward of cape Bonavista, is re- 

 markable ; it is nearly 100 feet higher than the land in its immediate 

 vicinity, and 300 feet higher than the general height of the land 

 northv.ard and southward of it. As the cape is approached Largent 

 hill. Norther head, and lastly the cape and Gull island become visible. 

 From the northward, Green ridge, which is the northern part of 

 Burnt ridge, will be made in clear weather, but otherwise cape Bona- 

 vista lighthouse will probably be first sighted. 



Caution. — In heavy weather, or at night, do not approach cape 

 Bonavista from the northward nor the land between that cape and 

 Catalina harbor, nearer than 7 miles. 



The coast from cape Bonavista to Spillers point, a distance of 2^ 

 miles to the southward, is of cliff, indented with several small bays, 

 affording no anchorage. 



Cape Largent, 1 mile farther southeastward, is a shelving point, 

 with its end cut off from the mainland by a deep rent, and at a short 

 distance off it is a small rock just above water. Largent hill within 

 the cape is 433 feet high and remarkable, being separated from Burnt 

 ridge by a deep valley, and rising over 200 feet above the flat cliffs of 

 the coast. 



Bird Island cove, 1 mile southward of cape Largent, affords no 

 shelter, but it is a good base for boats engaged in cod fishing. Tem- 

 porary anchorage may be obtained in about 7 fathoms of water, sand 

 bottom, at the head of the cove, but within 400 yards of the shore; 

 it is stated that, on account of the backwash, a vessel may ride at this 

 anchorage securely, even in easterly winds. 



North Bird island, 124 feet high, and South Bird island, 130 feet 

 high, lie off Bird Island cove. 



Dollarman bank. — The coast from cape Bonavista southward 

 is bordered by Dollarman bank, an irregular rocky bank, considered 

 a good fishing ground, and from a depth of 20 fathoms at its north- 

 ern end, situated 5^ miles eastward of Cape Bonavista lighthouse, 

 to the Haypooks, situated 6 miles eastward of North head, are 

 numerous rocks with depths of 6 to 10 fathoms, and deep water close 



