692 EAST COAST OF LABEADOK. 



There are some shoals to the northeastward of these islands. Caleb 

 shoal, the northeasternmost, has 3 fathoms of water over it, and bears 

 59°, distant 1 mile from the northeastern of the North Three islands. 



Deepwater islands, two small islands, 200 yards apart, situated 

 northwestw'ard of North Three islands and separated from them by 

 a deep channel 350 yards wide, are round and blutf ; the eastern is 

 55 feet high and the western 102 feet high. 



Gurney island, southward, 300 yards from the western Deepwater 

 island, is 21 feet high. 



American rock, north-northeastward, 800 yards from the eastern 

 Deepwater island, is 3 feet high, and bold-to on the southeastern 

 side. 



Green island, north-northeastward f'o mile from the eastern Deep- 

 water island, is 54 feet high, and a dark seam runs down its northern 

 side; a group of rocks, 10 feet high and nearly steep-to, lies close to 

 the southwestern end. A bank with 5 fathoms least water over it 

 bears 356°, distant 400 yards from the northeastern point of Green 

 island. 



Walker island, northwestward, 400 yards from Green island, is 

 40 feet high; a rock lies nearly in mid-channel between the islands; 

 Walker rock, northwestward, 200 yards from Walker island, is 2 feet 

 high and skirted by shoal water. 



A bank, with 5^ fathoms of water over it, bears 334°, distant 700 

 yards, and a shoal, with 4-J- fathoms of water over it, bears 306°, 

 distant 865 yards from Walker rock. 



North Black rock, bearing 75°, distant 1,650 yards from Green 

 island, is 4 feet high and steep-to. 



Middle ground, with 15 feet of water over it, bears 292°, distant 

 850 j^ards, and Eastern rock, with 3 fathoms of w'ater over it, bears 

 359°, distant 450 yards from North Black rock. 



Shoal bay, the southern entrance point of which lies 1^ miles north- 

 Avestward of Punchbowd entrance, extends southwestward about ly% 

 miles, with a width of some 1,200 yards, and from its inner part arms 

 run northwestward and southward. It affords anchorage, but it has 

 several shoals and it has been but cursorily examined. 



Shoal Bay island, northw^ard about 200 yards from the northern 

 entrance point of Shoal bay, is 79 feet high, and two islands, 30 feet 

 high, lie close off its northeastern side, and shelter a small cove. A 

 shoal nearly 200 yards long, northward and southward, with 10 feet 

 of water over it, lies southeastward ^ mile from these islands. 



Goss island, 30 feet high, is the eastern of some low rocks extend- 

 ing northeastw^ard from the northern of the two islands off Shoal 

 Bay island, and the ground westward of Goss island is foul. 



A shoal, with 3 fathoms of water over it, bears 6°, distant 265 

 yards, from the western end of Goss island. 



