PORTUGAL COVE KELLY ISLAND. 599 



Holy Rood station south-southeastward 1 mile from the head of the 

 eastern cove of Holy Rood bay. 



The shore of Conception bay from Holy Rood bay trends with a 

 deep bend north-northeastward for 25 miles to cape St. Francis, and 

 its southwestern part is a series of beaches backed by salt water ponds 

 and skirted by shoal water nearly | mile from the shore. There are 

 several villages with churches on the shore, and this portion of the 

 bay is one of the most picturesque in Newfoundland. 



Coniniunication. — The railway runs at a short distance within the 

 shore from Holy Rood to Topsail, a distance of 13 miles, and there 

 are stations at Duffs, Seal cove, Kelligrews, Manuels, tind Topsail. 



Portugal cove, 15 miles from the entrance of Holy Rood bay, is 

 the deepest indentation on the shore, extending 800 yards, with a rock 

 in the middle, and the depth of w^ater decreasing from 20 fathoms in 

 the entrance to 5 fathoms near the head. Princes Lookout, a conspicu- 

 ous hill, 543 feet high, surmounted by a flagstaff, lies just eastward 

 of the head of this cove. There is a fishing village at Portugal cove, 

 and a good road connects it with St. Johns, which is distant miles. 



The character of the shore changes northward of this cove from 

 gentle, partially cultivated slopes to steep, barren cliffs that attain 

 the height of 880 feet in Ore head, situated about midway between 

 Portugal cove and cape St. Francis. 



Bell island, of^ miles long northeastward and southwest ward, 

 li% miles wide, 495 feet high, and lying nearly parallel to the shore 

 at the distance of 2 miles from Portugal cove, is so named from a re- 

 markable conical rock, 220 feet high, situated near its western end, 

 and named the Bell. The Clapper, a prominent rock, lies at the 

 southern point of the island, and a considerable village Avith a church 

 is situated about 1| miles eastward of it. Shoal water extends nearly 

 ^ mile from the northeastern end of the island, within which distance 

 the island should not be approached. 



There is an iron mine on the northwestern side of Bell island which 

 has a large annual output. Two short piers extend to deep water 

 from the southeastern side of the island; from the northeastern pier 

 Portugal cove church bears 83°, and the western pier is SOO yards 

 further southwestward ; trarnways coimect them vs'ith the mine. 



Bell rock, bearing 223°, distant 1 mile from the Clapper, has 15 feet 

 of water over it; and from the rock a ledge, with a depth of 4 

 fathoms over it, extends north-northwestward ^ mile. 



Little Bell island, southeastward 2 miles from the Clapper, is 92 

 feet high, and skirted by foul ground for the distance of nearly 400 

 yards off it. 



Kelly island, southward 2| miles from the Clapper, is 183 feet 

 high; a shingle spit extends from its southeastern side, and the 

 island should not be approached within r] mile. 



