688 EAST COAST OP LABRADOB. 



Matthews tickle, with 3 fathoms of water, and a snug place for a 

 few small craft, is formed by two islands at the northern end of Seal 

 island ; a rock lies close off the western side of the larger island. 



A bank, with 4^ fathoms of water over it, lies northward, distant 

 250 yards from the northern end of Seal island. 



Pike island, 40 feet high and dark in color, is nearly joined to the 

 western point of Seal island, and forms a sheltered place for fishing 

 boats. 



Parsons island, 250 yards off Seal island, and northward 450 

 yards from Little Pig island, is 26 feet high, and covered with grass 

 over gray rock. Anchorage may be obtained southeastward of this 

 island, in 11 fathoms, sheltered from northerly winds, and between 

 the reef off Seine island and Frenchman island, in 11 to 16 fathoms 

 of water, sheltered from all other winds. 



Davis rock, with 7 feet of water on it, bears 11°, distant 350 yards 

 from the northwestern Seal islet (westward of Seal island). Seine 

 island, open westward of these islets, bearing 177°, leads westward; 

 and Black rock, touching the southern point of Dog island, bearing 

 45°, leads northwestward of this rock. 



Flat island. — Several islands lie eastward of the northern end of 

 Seal island, the two western islands being 45 and 59 feet high. Flat 

 island, the third from Seal island, is 46 feet high. Sculpin rocks, 

 which cover 3 feet at high water, and nearly always show by break- 

 ers, represent the termination of a chain of rocks extending south- 

 southeastward 600 yards from Flat island. Sleepy island, about 200 

 yards northeastward of Flat island, is 40 feet high. 



Local craft, proceeding to the anchorage, westward of Seal island, 

 pass between Sculpin rocks and the Brandies, and thence, keeping 

 near Seal island, in mid-channel between Pig and Seal islands. 



Fox islands, the two eastern islands of the group eastward of the 

 northern end of Seal island, and about 265 yards eastward of Flat 

 and Sleepy islands, are both faced by whitish cliffs, and are flat in 

 outline. The southwestern island, 85 feet high, is skirted by rocks 

 100 yards from the points on the southwestern side. There is no 

 passage between it and Sleepy island, as a rock, awash at high water, 

 lies nearh^ in mid-channel. The northeastern island is about 70 feet 

 high, and separated by a clear channel 100 yards wide from the south- 

 western island. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at the Seal islands at 

 6h. 39m. ; springs rise 5| feet, neaps 4 feet. 



Sloop harbor, an inlet of the mainland, the entrance of which 

 bears 261°, distant f mile from the northern end of Seal island, ex- 

 tends westward for 1,450 yards; the entrance is 350 yards wide and 

 the head opens to 800 yards. A low islet lies near the southern shore 

 with a black rock close off it, and a rock, with 5 feet of water over it, 



