602 CAPE BONAVISTA TO CAPE RACE. 



there tire always fishermen to help if necessary. Roads connect this 

 cove ATith St. Johns and Torbay. 



On the eastern side of the cove is Devils point, on the small summit 

 of which, 260 feet high, is a beacon of stones; from this the land 

 trends southeastward about 1,200 yards to Sugarloaf head and gradu- 

 ally rises along a very rugged coast with several caves in it. 



Sugarloaf head, 550 feet high, is most conspicuous. Its face is a 

 sheer cliff, and from the northward it has the appearance of a gun- 

 ner's quoin, while from the southeastward and eastward it makes as 

 a cone-shajDed hill. About a mile inland from Sugarloaf head there 

 is a conspicuous conical hill, 577 feet high, l)ut only visible from the 

 northward. 



Robin Hood bay, between Sugarloaf head and Small point, about 

 1 mile southward, is surrounded with high cliffs, has deep water, 

 and no landing place. 



Small point is rounded and rises to the height of 318 feet. Just 

 southward of it is Skerrys bight, where landing may be occasionally 

 effected. Between Skerrys bight and Quiddy Vidd}^ harbor, which 

 is distant 1 mile to the south-southw^estward, is a very conspicuous 

 cliff, at the foot of which is Bawdens hole, a large cave. The height 

 of the summit at the back of the cliff is 472 feet. 



Quiddy Viddy ha,rbor has a rocky bar on which the depth is 3 feet 

 and is only suitable for boats. 



Cuckold head, on the southern side of Quiddy Viddj^ harbor, is 

 390 feet high and appears conical in all directions from seaward. 

 Cuckold coA^e, on its southern side, has deep water. The coast from 

 the cove trends southward for 1,300 yards to North head of St. Johns 

 harbor, which is a steep headland 275 feet high. 



Washballs rocks are awash and skirt the coast about 150 yards 

 northward of North head; shoal water extends eastward about 100 

 yards from them. 



St. Johns harbor. — The entrance to St. Johns harbor is between 

 North head and South head, which bear north-northeastward and 

 south-southwestward, distant 330 yards from each other, and thence 

 a narrow channel trends westward for | mile into the northeastern 

 part of the harbor. The harbor is triangidar in shape, its north- 

 eastern side being nearly 800 yards in length, and it extends south- 

 westward for about a mile : the depth in the northeastern portion of 

 the harbor is 10 fathoms and it decreases gradually to 2 to 3 fathoms 

 at its head; the holding ground is excellent. Although small, the 

 harbor is convenient and secure: and it has smooth water, being shut 

 in by high land except at the narrow entrance. 



Entrance channel. — Sig-nal hill, northwestward 600 yards 

 from North head, is 508 feet high, and on it there are a flagstaff, a 

 blockhouse, and barracks. 



