650 SOUTHEAST COAST OF LABRADOK. 



with green moss and grass, highest on the northeastern side, which 

 is a continuation of the sandstone cliffs. There is a fine sandy beach, 

 with the village on its western part, and a river, which small boats 

 enter at high water, at the head of the bay. 



Although this bay is quite open to the southeastward, yet vessels 

 anchor here at all times during summer and find the holding ground 

 very good. The best anchorage is in the northern part of the bay, 

 in 10 fathoms, over sand bottom, about I mile offshore, and with the 

 entrance of the river bearing a little eastward of north. Shoal water 

 extends in places about 200 yards from both sides of the bay. Ves- 

 sels should not anchor in less than 10 fathoms of water. 



Schooner cove, at the southern end of anse a Loup, is open to 

 the northeastward, but fishing vessels anchor in it in 7 fathoms of 

 water during summer. There is a fishing establishment and several 

 houses at the cove, and on top of the entrance point, which is high, 

 is a flagstaff. 



Communication. — The weekly coasting steamer from Bay of 

 Islands calls at anse a Loup in summer and autumn. There is a 

 good road between Schooner cove and Amour point. 



Supplies. — Milk, eggs, and a few vegetables can be procured at 

 anse a Loup. 



Amour point (corrupted fi'om pointe aux Morts and locally 

 known as cape Shallop), lies 2y% miles southwestward of the southern 

 point of anse a Loup. The point is low, but rises in a series of ter- 

 races, faced by cliffs, to a hill 190 feet high, at | mile northward. 

 There are several rocks Avithin 200 yards off the point. 



Light. — A circular Avhite tower, 101- feet high, on Amour point, 

 exhibits at 153 feet above high water an intermittent white light 

 every twenty seconds, showing thus: — light sixteen seconds; eclipse 

 four seconds, which should be seen from a distance of 18 miles in 

 clear weather. 



A white dwelling with a red roof is attached to the lighthouse. 



Fog signal. — A horn, situated in a rectangular white building on 

 Amour jDoint, 55 yards southeastward from the lighthouse and oper- 

 ated by compressed air, gives blasts of seA^en seconds duration, with 

 interA^als of fifty-three seconds between them, during foggy weather, 

 or in snowstorms. 



The horn or diaphone, Avhich is placed 40 feet aboA^e high water, 

 projects from the southern side of the building, and points southeast- 

 ward. 



The engine house is on the western side of and adjoins the fog- 

 signal buildings ; it is rectangular, and painted white with a red roof. 



Caution. — Eeliance should not be placed on hearing this fog signal, 

 as sometimes, from unexplained causes, the sound can not be heard, 

 even from short distances. 



