PUNCHBOWL^ — ROGERS ISLAND. 689 



lies northward 100 yards from the southern entrance point, A low 

 point juts out from the northern shore at 600 yards from the mouth ; 

 vessels must not proceed within this point, but should anchor in 6 

 fathoms of water, eastward of it, except with local knowledge. 



A round island, about 30 feet high and covered with grass, lies in 

 the middle of the harbor, and there are depths of 3 fathoms on the 

 southern side of the harbor up to it. Anchorage for small craft may 

 be obtained off the cove southward of the island in 3 fathoms of 

 water, mud bottom. 



Punchbowl, an inlet, whose entrance lies north-northwestward, 1 

 mile from Sloop harbor, and has a channel about 50 yiu'ds wide, Avith 

 rocks a short distance off* its northwestern shore, extends south-south- 

 westward and southward for 1,400 yards. Kocks stretch off the 

 southern entrance point immediately within the narrows, and the 

 inlet affords excellent anchorage for small vessels drawing 7 feet or 

 less, in any part of the harbor, the bottom being soft mud from the 

 middle to the western shore, but rocky near the eastern side. 



Anchorage for larger vessels, in 3^ to 5 fathoms, may be obtained 

 from the entrance till the point, on which the houses are situated, 

 bears 323°. Inside of this limit the water shoals suddenly. 



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

 6h. 59m. ; springs rise 5^ feet, neaps 4J feet. 



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

 via Battle harbor, calls at Punchbowl fortnightly during sunnner. 



Dog island, with a flat summit 188 feet high, lies ^ mile off the 

 mainland between Sloop harbor and Punchbowl. A narrow islet, 7 

 feet high, lies 200 yards oft' the western side of Dog island; the water 

 between is shallow, and a shoal extends from Dog island, the outer 

 part, with 10 feet of water over it, being southwestward 150 yards 

 from the islet. The fishing stage in the cove between the two parts 

 of Corbet island, open westward of the islet, bearing about 5°, leads 

 westward of this shoal. The northern point of Dog island is a low 

 hillock with a flagstaff' on it. 



Big" Pig" island, northeastward of Dog island, is 130 feet high, 

 conical in shape, cliff-faced on the northwestern side, and bold-to 

 within a short distance from the eastern and southern sides. 



Harbor rock, bearing 289°, distant 600 yards from the northern 

 point of Big Pig island, is 1 foot high, and midway between this rock 

 and the northwestern point of Big Pig island is a rock, with 10 feet 

 of water over it. The bay formed by the northwestern point of Big 

 Pig island and the islands off' the northen part of Dog island is foul. 



Rog-ers island, the northern of two islands lying off' the northern 

 point of Dog island and distant 400 yards from that point, is 34 feet 

 high; the islands are connected together and to Dog island by shallow 

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