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roomy anchorage in Kingman cove, 1 mile farther in on the south- 

 ern shore; the safest anchorage is above Sheep head, near the head 

 of the harbor, in G fathoms of water, mud bottom. 



Mad rock, 100 yards from the southwestern side of the entrance 

 and bearing 198° from Northern head, has 4 feet water over it. 

 Blow-me-down head, on the southern shore of the harbor, open 

 northward of Traces point, bearing 287°, leads northward of Mad 

 rock. 



Bar shoal, bearing 102°, distant 450 yards from Sheep head, has 9 

 feet of water over it, rock bottom. 



Water can be obtained at places on either shore. 



The coast from Southern head of Fermeuse harbor trends south- 

 southwestward for 2 miles to Sculpin point, but at aliout midway a 

 headland, 40 feet high, projects 400 yards from the coast line. Bear- 

 cove point is the northern point of this projection, and bearing 144°, 

 distant nearly 400 yards from the point and 200 yards from the 

 shore, is a rock with 3 fathoms of water over it: Sunker rock, bear- 

 ing 192°, distant 400 yards from the southern point of the projection, 

 has 4 feet of water over it. 



Renewse harbor. — Northern head of Renewse harbor lies west- 

 southwestward ^ mile from Sculpin point, and Renewse head, the 

 southern head of the harbor, lies southward, distant 1,400 yards from 

 Northern head. Renewse harbor extends northwestward 2 miles 

 from Renewse head; it is open eastward, and offers very indifferent 

 anchorage even to small vessels; nevertheless, its convenient position 

 with regard to the fishing ground renders it a resort during summer. 

 There are many rocks in it, and in heavy weather the whole harbor is 

 a mass of breakers. 



Kettlebottom rock, bearing 0°, distant 900 yards from Renewse 

 head, has 6 feet of water over it; Whale Back rock, bearing 313°, 

 distant 350 yards from Kettlebottom rock, has less than 6 feet water 

 over it; and a shoal, bearing 107°, distant 400 yards from Northern 

 head, has 3 fathoms of water over it. Shag rock, in mid-channel at 

 1,400 yards within Renewse head, is 9 feet high, and west-northwest- 

 ward of it are White Horse rock, with 6 feet of water over it : Black 

 Horse rock, with 12 feet of water over it; and a patch with 12 feet 

 of water over it. 



Anchor rock, 15 feet high, bears 279°, distant ^ mile from Northern 

 head, and is close off a point on which there is a flagstaff. 



The village, with its churches, is on the northeastern side of the 

 harbor within Anchor rock, but it is not visible from seaward; the 

 best anchorage in the harbor is off the village, bearing 299°, distant 

 300 yards from .Vnchor rock, in 4 fathoms of w^ater. 



