CHANCE COVE- — CLAM COVE. 619 



Chance Cove head, situated about 2 miles southwestward of cape 

 Ballard, is composed of dark slate cliffs, 150 feet high. 



Black rock, west-southwestward 1 mile from the head, and in front 

 of Chance cove, is 15 feet high. 



Chance cove is a small open bight extending northward for 4 mile. 

 It has a gravel beach at its head, and affords anchorage to coasting 

 vessels in 1 fathoms of water, sand bottom, during northerly winds. 

 There is a small fishing settlement on the western side of the cove ; the 

 boats and fishing stages are protected by a shoal of sand and stones, 

 upon which the sea breaks. 



Frenchman cove, southwestward about f mile from Chance cove, 

 is rocky. 



Clam cove, 2 miles southward of Frenchman cove, and nearly 4 

 miles northward of cape Race, is the outlet of a shallow stream. In 

 ordinary w^eather boats land in this cove safely. 



The coast between Clam cove and Cape Race is cliffy and broken, 

 with here and there a small cove where a boat might land in favorable 

 weather. 



Cape Race light, fog signal, etc.. see page 84. 



