PIGEON ISLAND SANDY ISLANDS. 693 



Pigeon island, bearing 303°, distant 1,200 yards from Goss island, 

 is 29 feet high and flat ; some low islets lie southward of it, and shoal 

 water surrounds it for a distance of 200 yards. 



A shoal, with 4^ fathoms of water over it, bears 67°, distant nearly 

 300 yards, and Taylor bank, with 5 fathoms water over it, bears 10°, 

 distant 750 yards from Pigeon island. 



Black Bear bay. — The entrance to this bay lies between Pigeon 

 island and Salter island, which is distant nearly a mile to the north- 

 ward, and the bay extends westward about 3 miles, narrowing toward 

 its head. It affords good anchorage in a depth of 14 fathoms, with a 

 small waterfall on the northern shore bearing 356°. There is deep 

 water to the head of the bay, where there is a small settlement off 

 which vessels can anchor. The bay has been only cursorily examined. 



A rapid river falls into the head of the bay, and water can be ob- 

 tained from the waterfall. 



Bed head divides Black Bear and Open bays. Salter island, close 

 off this head, is 55 feet high, and nearly joined at its western side to 

 the mainland by rocks and shoal water, but fishing craft find good 

 sheltered anchorage, in 2 fathoms of water, between the island and 

 Bed head. 



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

 the northern point of Salter island, and the channel between carries 5 

 to 7 fathoms of water and affords anchorage sheltered from westerly 

 winds. Run island is connected by shoal water to Sandy islands, 

 which lie ^ mile to the northeastw^ard. 



Sandy islands comprise one large island, 88 feet high, and several 

 smaller islands, on the eastern side of which is Sandy Islands harbor, 

 a rocky bight completely open to easterly winds. In entering the 

 harbor, keep the southern island close aboard, and, when inside, 

 anchor in 5 fathoms water, coral bottom. 



A cove, extending 350 yards to the southward, with a white sand 

 beach at its head, on the northern side of the large island, gives good 

 shelter for fishing boats. A considerable settlement is formed here 

 during summer. 



The southeastern island is 65 feet high, and separated on its west- 

 ern side from the largest island by a channel just wide enough for 

 boats to go through at half tide. 



A rock, with 6 feet of water over it, bears 111°, distant 250 yards 

 from the southeastern end of the islands. 



A large fishing bank, with numerous shoals that break in heavy 

 weather, extends northwestward and northeastw^ard of Sandy islands. 

 Gushue rock, the eastern shoal, with 3 futhoms of water over it, bears 

 87°, distant IJ miles from the northeastern point of Sandy islands. 



Open and Porcupine bays, northwestward of Sandy islands, have 

 been but cursorilv examined. 



