610 CAPE BONAVISTA TO CAPE RACE. 



of Deadmans bay, shows a square face of cliff to seaAvard. at the base 

 of which a flat ledge extends a few yards into the sea. 



Black Head bay, about I mile eastward of Cliff point, is small and 

 open, but used by fishermen ; it shoals gradually and has a small pier 

 where boats land ; there is a church at its head. 



Black head is a bold lieadland sloping down gradualh' to Black 

 Head bay, on the western, and to Spear bay, on the eastern side; it 

 has six caves in it, the largest one being in the middle. 



Beacon. — There is a cairn on the head at 417 feet above high water. 



Spear bay. — Cape Spear bears 117^, distant nearly a mile from 

 Black head, and Spear bay, situated between them, affords temporary 

 anchorage in 10 to 11 fathoms of water. 



Cape Spear, bearing 136°, distant 3y\ miles from South head of 

 St. Johns harbor, rises steejDly to the height of 200 feet. 



Ligbt. — A lantern, rising from the middle of a white house with 

 the roof j)ainted red and white in horizontal bands, 38 feet high, 

 situated southward 700 yards from cape Spear, exhibits, at 264 feet 

 above high water, a revolving white light, that attains its greatest 

 brilliancy every minute, and should be seen from a distance of 22 

 miles in clear weather. 



Fog" signal. — A fog trumpet at cape Spear, operated by com- 

 pressed air, sounds thus : Blast, seven seconds ; silent interval, twenty- 

 three seconds, during thick or foggy weather. 



The engine house, with a chimney 30 feet high, and two small 

 buildings, one of which contains the trumpet, are all painted white, 

 and stand at the extreme of the cape. 



Signals. — Cape Spear lighthouse is supplied with the Interna- 

 tional code signals. 



Old Haman rock, bearing 1°, distant 800 yards from cape Spear, 

 has 4| fathoms of water over it. 



Old Harry rock, bearing 57°, distant 800 yards from cape Spear, 

 has 3 fathoms of water over it. 



A rock, small in extent, with 4 fathoms of water over it, lies nearly 

 midway between cape Spear and Old Harry rock 



Tinker rock, bearing 136°, distant 800 yards from Cape Spear 

 lighthouse, has a depth of 5 fathoms over it, but a less depth has been 

 reported. ' 



Clearing marks. — Cliff point in line with Black head, bearing 

 262°, leads northward, and Tinker hill in line with Xorth head, bear- 

 ing 204°, leads eastward of the rocks off cape Spear. 



The coast from cape Spear trends southward for 2^% miles to 

 North head of Motion bay, and is of moderate height, the highest 

 hill, 323 feet high, on wliich is a small stone cairn, being situated 

 nearly midwav between them. 



