NEWFOUNDLAND ISLAND BLACK ROCKS. 711 



Newfoundland island (Henrietta island), northward nearly 1^ 

 miles from Huntingdon island, is undulating in outline, with a bold 

 bluff 316 feet high at the northeastern end. A shoal, with 13 feet of 

 water over it, is situated 135 yards from the base of this bluff. The 

 southwestern side has not been examined. 



Two islets lie off its eastern point. Flat island the southern, is 

 flat, 32 feet high, and separated by a channel 350 yards wide, in the 

 middle of Avhich is a rock with 4 feet of water over it. Farrels island, 

 the northern, is joined to Newfoundland island at low water; there 

 are some houses on it. 



Independent island, nearly 400 yards eastward of Newfoundland 

 island, is rugged and cliffy on the east coast, but rises gently from the 

 west coast; it has several peaks, the highest, about 250 feet, being on 

 the northeastern side. 



A grass-covered islet, 70 feet high, lies between the western end of 

 Independent island and the northeastern part of Newfoundland 

 island. The passage on the western side of this islet is shoal. In 

 the passage on its eastern side a rock with 7 feet of water over it lies 

 close to the islet, but by keeping Independent island close aboard 14 

 feet of water can be carried through; it is, however, only 100 yards 

 wide. 



Independent harbor, between Independent and Newfoundland 

 islands, affords good anchorage in 4^ to 8 fathoms of water, north- 

 ward of Farrels island. To enter keep midway between Independent 

 and Flat islands, but only 4:^ fathoms of water can be carried in. 



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

 6h. 51m., springs rise 5f feet, neaps 4^ feet. 



Packs Harbor islands. — Situated 800 yards northward from the 

 northwestern point of Newfoundland island are two narrow islets 

 with conical hills, the southern and higher being 215 feet high; be- 

 tween them is a harbor, which is entered at its southwestern end, the 

 northeastern end being blocked by rocks. There is good shelter for 

 fishing vessels in 3 to 4 fathoms of water. 



A rock, with 3 feet of water over it, lies a short distance off the 

 western point of the southern island, and a rock with 3 feet of water 

 over it lies in the middle of the southwestern entrance and may be 

 avoided by keeping the northern island close aboard. 



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

 via Battle harbor, calls at Packs harbor fortnightly during summer. 



Grappling' island, small and 133 feet high, lies northeastward of 

 the southeastern Packs Harbor island. 



Tinker island is small and lies about I mile northward of the 

 eastern end of the northwestern Packs Harbor island. 



Black rocks, lying west-nortliAvestward, distant 1 mile from the 

 northern point of Independent island, are three small rocks, the high- 

 est being 3 feet high. 



