WITLESS BAY GREAT ISLAND. 613 



Directions. — Keep the northeastern shore aboard after passhig 

 the Bread and Cheese rock, and anchor where convenient ; the north- 

 eastern side of the harbor is always the better sheltered from the 

 ground swell. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at bay Bulls at 7h. 30m. ; 

 springs rise 5 feet, neaps 3 feet. 



The inhabitants are principally engaged in the fisheries, and the 

 ground is cultivated to some extent. Good ptarmigan shooting may 

 be had in the vicinity during the season. 



Water can be procured in abundance from the river at the head of 

 the bay. 



Communication. — There is communication with St. Johns, which 

 is distant 18 miles, by an excellent road. 



Witless bay, wdiere there is a village and a large church, is south- 

 ward 2 miles from bay Bulls, and too open to be recommended as an 

 anchorage ; for temporary purposes the best berth is in 8 fathoms of 

 water, sand bottom, at i mile above Bearcove point, from which a 

 ledge of rocks, partly dry, extends southward ^ mile. 



Gull island, off the mouth of Witless bay, is 240 feet high, rocky, 

 wooded, and steep-to, but too small to afford any shelter. Both this 

 island and South head of bay Bulls have red cliifs. 



Green island, lying southeastward ^ mile from Witless point, the 

 southern point of Witless bay, is flat and faced with cliffs 140 feet 

 high; there are some dry slate ledges on its northwestern side, and 

 Man-of-war rock, southeastward 100 yards from the island, has 6 

 feet of water over it. 



Shoal water extends ^ mile from Witless point, but there is a fair 

 channel, with 5 fathoms of water, between it and Green island. 

 When running through this passage keep in mid-channel, with South 

 head of bay Bulls just shut in with Gull island, bearing 19°. 



Mobile bay, in which there is a settlement, lies southwestward of 

 Witless point ; it extends nortliAvestward 1^ miles, but does not afford 

 good anchorage. 



Toad cove, a fishing station southward about 1^ miles from Mobile 

 bay, is protected by Fox, Spear, and Pebble islands: fishing craft 

 anchor in the cove, but it is too open to be safe, except in fine summer 

 weather. 



Fox rock, bearing 15°, distant ^ mile from the southern point of 

 Fox island, has 4 fathoms of water over it; the other islands are 

 steep-to. 



Great island, an uninhabited island situated south-southwestward, 

 distant 3 miles from Green island, is 300 feet high. It may be dis- 

 tinguished from the neighboring islands by having three hills. 

 Great, Spear, and Pebble islands may be passed on either side. 



