674 EAST COAST OF LABRADOR. 



yards from Murray point, and a rock, with 6 feet of water over it, lies 

 100 yards off a small indentation on the western shore abreast it. 



There are several houses on the shores of the harbor, and large sea 

 trout can be caught. 



Cooper island, s^ituated 3} miles nortliAvard of cape Bluff, is 1-J* 

 miles long, northward and southward, about f mile broad, and 474 

 feet high. The southern end is the Coopers block, a square rock, 

 which, with the eastern side of the island, is steep-to. 



Delaney cove extends south-southwestward ^ mile into the eastern 

 side of the island and is ^ mile wide at the entrance; it narrows 

 gradually to the head, and affords shelter for a few boats onl}^, under 

 the lee of the fishing stages erected at the head, but a heavy swell rolls 

 into it with northeasterly gales. There are some houses at the head 

 of this cove, and also at Green cove on the western coast; the latter 

 being an open beach with a few low^ rocks lying close to the shore. 



Gray rocks, awash at high water, lie 300 yards off the northern 

 coast of Cooper island, and are nearly joined to it by a ledge, with 9 

 feet of water over it, at the southern end. 



Gray Rock shoal, with 11 feet of water over it, bears 17°, distant 

 350 3^ards from Gray rocks, and in the fairway between Snug harbor 

 and Venison tickle. 



Banger island, separated from the western side of Cooper island 

 by a channel ^ mile wide, is 97 feet high; rocks extend a short dis- 

 tance both from the eastern side and the southeastern point. 



Pot rock, with 4-|- fathoms of water over it, lies nearly 200 yards 

 from Cooper island and between it and the southeastern point of 

 Banger island. 



Dark Tickle island is separated from the northern side of Banger 

 island by a shallow channel 100 yards wide. A small black rock 

 lies off the eastern point, and a small rock, that covers 3 feet, lies 

 150 yards off the island, bearing south-southeastward, distant 450 

 yards from its northern point. 



Lord arm, entered southwestward of Dark Tickle island and be- 

 tween it and the mainland, is an open bay, 700 yards across, with 

 depths of 19 to 25 fathoms of water, from which a shallow cove ex- 

 tends northward and an arm southwestward. The arm is nearly 1 

 mile long and 150 yards wide at the entrance, expanding to 500 yards 

 within. There are two small rocks that cover 4 feet, close off the 

 northwestern shore at f mile within the entrance, and a fringe of 

 bowlders, that covers at high Avater, on the southeastern shore at 

 i mile from the entrance. 



Macy tickle, northward of Dark Tickle island and between it and 

 the mainland, is 150 yards wide, and clear in mid-channel. Two 

 small spits of rock which cover extend a short distance from the 

 mainland. 



