STONY ISLAND VENISON TICKLE. 675 



An island, 55 feet high, lies north-northeastward, 600 yards from 

 the northern entrance to Macy tickle, and several rocks lie between 

 this island and the mainland to the westward. 



Mac}^ island, 53 feet high, lies northeastward 400 yards from the 

 northern point of Dark Tickle island. 



Car-na-bhus (the crooked month) island, about 100 feet high, lies 

 northeastward 300 yards from Macy island. Shoals extend north- 

 westward 400 3^ards from this island ; the points of Macy tickle open, 

 bearing 223°, leads northwestward of them. 



The Knob, a small rock with 5^ fathoms of water over it, bears 

 138°, distant 200 yards from the eastern end of Car-na-bhus island. 



Deepwater island, northwestward, ^ mile from Car-na-bhus, is 87 

 feet high and small, and there is a low islet off its southwestern side. 



Stony island, northward about 1 mile from Cooper island, is 4| 

 miles long, northward and southward, with a greatest width of about 

 2^ miles. The summit, 670 feet high, is at the northern end of the 

 island and northward of the entrance to Wild bight; there is a hill 

 656 feet high southward of Wild bight and northwestward of the 

 entrance to Cox cove. Cooper head, the southern end of the island, 

 rises to a cone 403 feet high; a reef extends nearly 200 j^ards from 

 the head. 



Black rock, 250 yards off the southeastern side of Cooper head, is 

 2 feet high, and a rock that covers lies close to its southern end. 

 Shark rock, with 7 feet of water over it, lies northward 300 yards 

 fi'om Black rock and soutli-southwestward nearly 600 yards from 

 White island. 



Tub harbor, on the southwestern side of Stony island and north- 

 westward 1 mile from Cooper head, is small, but affords snug anchor- 

 age to vessels of less than 200 tons; it has two entrances, but both are 

 intricate and should not be attempted without a pilot. There are 

 several fishing stages to which vessels moor. 



A rock aAvash lies off the southern entrance; a rock, which always 

 shows, at the northern side of the southern entrance; and a short 

 distance northwestward of the latter is a rock which only breaks in 

 heavy weather. 



Venison tickle. — Venison island, on the eastern side of Stony 

 island, is 1,400 yards long, northward and southward, about ^ mile 

 wide, and 224 feet high. On the summit is a flagstaff', about which 

 is a conspicuous white boarding. 



Venison tickle, the narrow passage between Venison and Stony 

 islands, is sheltered from all winds and is much used bv fishing craft, 

 both as a channel and anchorage. The southern entrance is 50 yards 

 wide, and 2^ fathoms water can be carried through it, but it should 

 not be attempted in a vessel drawing more than 12 feet. The depth 

 at the northern entrance is 8 fathoms, whence the water gradually 

 shoals to 2^ fathoms at the southern end. 



