BULL ISLAND BULL ARM. 581 



feet high, rising 540 feet above an elevated broken plateau. It over- 

 looks the isthmus of Avalon, and Placentia and Trinity bays, but 

 although it is the highest land, the rocky hills in the foreground of 

 less elevation, particularly Crown hill, and two cones, 786 and 878 

 feet high, northward of the head of St. Jones harbor, are more re- 

 markable from Trinity bay. 



Bull island, the northeastern end of which lies southeastward, 

 distant 1,200 yards from Squib point, is 1/^ miles long northeastward 

 and southwestward or parallel to the mainland 400 to 900 yards wide, 

 281 feet high, and partially wooded. On the northwestern side of this 

 island and near its northeastern end, is an excellent little harbor for 

 fishing craft, quite landlocked, with a sufficient supply of fresh water, 

 and in stormy weather some 50 to 60 small schooners and boats can 

 take shelter in it. A rock, awash at low water, lies near the south- 

 western side of its entrance, but it is avoided by keeping the gravelly 

 point on the opposite shore close aboard. 



Bull island is separated from the mainland by Bull Island tickle, a 

 channel ^ mile wide. Near the middle of the tickle, but rather to- 

 ward the northeastern entrance, are Flat rocks, composing a ledge 

 6 feet high. Bearing 71°, distant nearly 200 yards, and bearing 184°, 

 the same distance from the southern end of the ledge, are two rocks 

 with 3 and 2 feet of water, respectively, over them ; the northern side 

 of the ledge is steep- to. The shores of the tickle are otherwise bold, 

 but the best passage is westward of Flat rocks. 



Anchorag'e. — There is temporary anchorage at 700 yards west- 

 ward of Flat rocks, in 10 to 12 fathoms of water, coarse mixed bottom. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at Bull island at 7h. 22m. : 

 springs rise 'd^ feet, neaps 2 feet. 



Current. — A current, principally depending on the wind, sets 

 through the tickle and sometimes attains a rate of ^ mile an hour. 



Rix harbor, in the mainland northwestward of the southern end of 

 Bull island, has a depth of 7 fathoms, and affords good anchorage for 

 small vessels. Chalk rocks, at the entrance to the harbor, are sev- 

 eral heads, all of which are a few feet high, and about 100 yards in 

 extent, northward and southw^ard. Small vessels pass on either side 

 of the rocks, as the shores are bold and steep-to. 



Water is easily procured from the streams that run into the head of 

 Rix harbor. 



Bull arm. — The entrance to Bull arm is 3 miles wide between Bull 

 island and Masters head which lies to the southwestward ; the arm 

 trends about north-northeastward for 7^ miles, and thence west- 

 northwestward for 21 miles, its width decreasing to 800 yards; there 

 are no shoals in the arm at a moderate distance from either shore, 

 nor is there good anchorage except at its head. 



i 



