694 EAST COAST OF LABRADOE. 



American point, the northern entrance point of Open bay, lies 

 northward, distant 3 miles from the northwestern point of Sandy 

 islands, and is bold-to. 



Sandy bay extends northwestward If miles from American point, 

 and is shoal for ^ mile from the head, but affords anchorage off a 

 cove on the southwestern shore in 10 fathoms of water, open to south- 

 easterly winds. 



Herring bank, with 4| fathoms least water, lies eastward, distant 

 650 yards from American point. 



Roundhill island, whose eastern point bears 15°, distant 9 miles 

 from White rock, is 174 feet high. It is a series of hummocks with 

 deep indentations between, and there is a low islet close to the eastern 

 side. 



Saddle or Double islands, west-southwestward. If miles from 

 Roundhill island, consist of two groups. The three islands of the 

 eastern group are connected by shoal water; the highest island, 148 

 feet high, makes as a saddle on northwesterly bearings. The western 

 group consists of three black islets, the northern and highest being 48 

 feet high. The channel between the groups is 800 yards wide. 



A rock, with 1 foot of water over it, bears 64°, distant 900 yards 

 from the northern end of the eastern group, and a rock, with 5 feet 

 of water over it, bears 109°, 1,100 yards from the same point. 



O'Neale rock, with 12 feet of water over it, bears 109°, distant 

 nearly 1,400 yards from the southeastern end of the eastern group. 



A rock, with 3 feet of water over it, bears 171°, distant 200 yards 

 from the southern end of the western group; and bearing 149°, dis- 

 tant 700 yards from the same point, is a shoal with 3 fathoms of 

 water over it. 



Mark islands lie southwestward. If miles from the western group 

 of the Saddle islands, and there is a clear passage between them, 

 which is frequently used. 



The southwestern and highest of the Mark islands is flat, and 121 

 feet high; and.Cosgrave rocks, 8 feet high, lie eastward 400 yards 

 from it. 



A shoal, with 4 fathoms over it, and deep water close-to, bears 

 22°, distant 1| miles from Hat island, the northernmost Mark island. 



Queer island, lying 1 mile westward from jSIark islands, at the 

 entrance to Sandy bay, is surmounted by a remarkable round hum- 

 mock 132 feet high; the passage between it and the mainland is only 

 suitable for boats. 



Toole rock, with 6 feet of water over it, bears 129°, distant 500 

 yards from the northeastern point of Queer island. Fish island sum- 

 mit, in line with the eastern end of Bombproof island, bearing 16°, 

 leads between the rock and the island. 



