646 SOUTHEAST COAST OF LABRADOR. 



the head are densely wooded, and at 1^ miles north-northeastward 

 is a hill, 545 feet high, with several conspicuous bowlders at the 

 summit. Southwestward of Moore point, the western entrance point 

 to the basin, the hills fall steeply to the sea, occasionally in red 

 granitic cliffs, over which a small cascade falls in ordinary weather. 

 Tracey hill, immediatel}' westward of the entrance to the harbor, is 

 505 feet high^ and is surmounted b}^ a cairn with a pole in it. 



The settlement, containing a population of about 150 people, is 

 situated principally on the northeastern shore of the harbor; at 

 its northern end there is a hillock on which stands a flagstaff and a 

 conspicuous red church with a white spire. The storehouse is on 

 Penney island, and there are a few huts on Saddle island and Moore 

 point. At the head of the basin are the winter houses, and a school 

 with a flagstaff near it. 



Shoal water extends 135 yards from the eastern shore and head 

 of the basin, and a large shoal extends off the deep bight to the 

 northwestward of Penney island. A bank of bowlders extends south- 

 eastward from Moore point, and the passage between that point and 

 Penney island is only suitable for boats. 



Saddle island is bare and rises to Cox hill. 97 feet high, at its 

 eastern end, and to a hill, 101 feet high, at its western end. The 

 western end has deep water within a few yards, but off the northern 

 side shoal water extends 150 yards, and bowlders that dry at low 

 water 100 yards from the middle of that coast. 



Lig-ht. — A fixed white lantern light is exhibited from June to 

 December on a white framework at about 100 yards within the west- 

 ern end of Saddle island. 



Scab rock, with 10 feet of water over it, bears 166° from Cox hill, 

 and is distant 350 yards from the coast of Saddle island. 



Clearing marks. — Capstan Cove point, open southeastward of 

 Twin island, bearing 53°, leads southeastward, and Tracey hill, well 

 open westward of Saddle island, bearing 300°, leads southwestward 

 of Scab rock. 



Western arm is the open bay extending west-southwestward from 

 the entrance to Eed bay. Its shores are fairly steep-to except in 

 the coves at the head, and it affords good anchorage with westerly 

 winds in 14 fathoms of water or less, as convenient. The depth de- 

 creases gradually to the head, into which a small stream flows. 



West point is the eastern end of the peninsula, about 62 feet high, 

 that forms the southern shore of Western arm. Mad Moll, a rock 

 that dries at low-water springs, bears 174°, distant 135 yards from 

 West point. 



The Louse, with 21 feet of water over it, bears 150°, distant 800 

 yards from West point, and Belles Amours shoal, with 5 fathoms of 

 water over it, bears 173°, distant 1^ miles from that point. 



