676 EAST COAST OF LABEADOR. 



There is a large fishing establishment in the tickle, with a wharf, 

 alongside which there is a depth of nearly 3 fathoms. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Venison tickle at 

 6h. 4Tm. ; springs rise 5^ feet, neaps 4 feet. 



Coniniunication. — The Labrador steamer to and from St. Johns, 

 via Battle harbor, calls at Venison tickle fortnightly during summer. 

 There is a wireless telegraph station at Venison tickle, which can 

 receive from a distance of about 100 miles. 



Cod rock, with 7 feet of water over it, bears 285°, distant 400 yards 

 from the southern point of Venison island. The western points of 

 the tickle, just open off the eastern points, so that the tickle is seen 

 through, bearing 15°, leads westward 135 yards from Cod rock. 



Xing' rock bears 79°, distant 900 yards from the southern point of 

 Venison island, and breaks in moderate weather. 



Queen rock, bears 168°, distant nearly 200 yards from King rock, 

 and has 15 feet of water over it. 



The southern end of White Shot island open eastward of Sculpin 

 island, bearing 22°, leads eastward of the King and Queen. 



Fox and Pigeon islands, which are almost connected, lie east- 

 ward of the northern end of Venison island. 



Gun rocks, just southward of Fox island, are low, black, and 

 bold-to. 



Sculpin island, eastward of Fox island, and separated from it by 

 a clear channel 350 yards wide, is 69 feet high, and steep-to on the 

 western and eastern sides. A rock lies off the southern point, and 

 rocks and reefs extend northward, 300 yards from the island. 



White Shot island, north-northeastward ^ mile from Sculpin 

 island and midway between that island and Eddystone island, is 18 

 feet high. 



Shoals extend northwestward nearly 200 yards from the island. 



Eddystone island, northeastward ^ mile from AVhite Shot island, 

 and the northeasternmost of the group extending from Venison 

 island, is 20 feet high and appears as a round black lump. A rock, 

 awash at high water, lies close southwestward of Eddystone island, 

 and a shoal, with 4^ fathoms of water over it, bears 158°, distant 

 150 yards from its eastern end. 



The passages between Sculpin and Eddystone islands should not be 

 used for navigation. 



Hen island, 20 feet high, from which Chickens rocks extend north- 

 northeastward nearly 200 yards, lies west-northwestward, 600 yards 

 from Eddystone island. 



The Skerries, a roclrv bank with 4 fathoms least water over it, 

 bears 17°, distant 1 mile from the eastern point of Eddystone island. 



Venison island flagstaff in line with the southern end of Hen 

 island, bearing 228°, leads 200 yards southeastward of the Skerries; 



