GREENS HARBOR GANNET ROCK. 585 



Greens harbor, northeastward of Hopeall bay, extends southeast- 

 ward 1^ miles, with a width of 1,200 yards, and the water shoals 

 gradually from 9 fathoms in the entrance to 5 fathoms at its head; 

 it is open to northwesterly winds. Shoal water runs JrOO yards off 

 the northern end of the southern entrance point of the harbor. 



There is a large village at the head of the harbor. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Greens harbor at 

 6h. 44m.; springs rise 3^ feet. 



Black point is the end of a promontory, 50 feet high, that separates 

 the entrance of Greens harbor from Witless bay ; rocks extend north- 

 westward some distance from it. 



Black rock, bearing 268°, distant 1,400 yards from Black point, 

 has 6 fathoms of water over it. 



Witless bay, the northeastern point of which lies north-northeast- 

 ward distant 2 miles from Black point, extends nearly 1^ miles to 

 the eastward. 



Eed rocks, bearing 234°, distant 1,400 yards from the northeastern 

 entrance point of the bay, comprise a small cluster 110 feet high. 

 Witless rock, bearing 153°, distant f mile from Eed rocks, has 4 feet 

 of water over it, and is the highest part of a bank, which with less 

 than 10 fathoms of water, extends eastward nearly ^ mile from it. 



Witless bay affords anchorage sheltered from offshore winds. The 

 water shoals gradually from 17 fathoms in the entrance to 8 fathoms 

 near the head, but the bank around Witless rock must be avoided. 



The coast from the northern point of Witless bay trends northward 

 for 2^ miles to Long point. Shoal bay, at about f mile from Witless 

 bay, is an open bight, the southern entrance point of which is foul 

 for some distance off it; there are a few houses around the bay. 



Shoal rock, bearing 308°, distant 600 yards from the southern 

 point of Shoal bay, has 9 feet water over it. 



The coast from Long point trends northeastward for If miles to 

 Heart's Delight; there are some rocks off Island cove, a shingle beach 

 situated about 1^ miles from Long point. 



South rock, bearing 285°, distant nearly ^ mile from the southern 

 entrance point of Heart's Delight, has 3^ fathoms water over it. 



Heart's Delight is a snug harbor, ^ mile across, which affords 

 excellent anchorage, in 7 fathoms of water, just within the entrance. 

 A shoal spit, with 2^ fathoms of water on it, extends a little more 

 than 400 yards from the northern shore near the head, leaving a 

 passage only 300 yards wide between the end of the spit and a low 

 point on the southern shore ; shoal water also extends 300 yards from 

 the southern entrance point. 



There is a settlement with a church and schoolhouse here. 



Gannet rock, bearing 257°, distant 1^ miles from Gannet point, 

 which is situated north-northeastward 2^ miles from Heart's Delight, 



