BRIG HARBOR HARBOR ROCK. 725 



Brig harbor, between Brig Harbor island and Little Brig island, 

 is shallow and unsafe. Several vessels anchored there have been 

 wrecked at various times. At the best and deepest place for anchor- 

 age there is only 9 feet of w^ater; the harbor is encumbered by rocks, 

 and the swell rolls in with any breeze from the northeastward. 



Brig Harbor island, northwestward, 400 yards from Little Brig 

 island, is 335 feet high. 



Tea cove, an open bight in the northern side of Brig Harbor island, 

 does not afford any shelter. Tea Cove head, its northwestern point, 

 is a steep bluff. 



Sloop island, separated from the northeastern end of the southeast- 

 ern coast of Brig Harbor island by a channel 350 yards wide, passable 

 for boats only, is 173 feet high. 



Sloop harbor extends southwest ward IJ miles between Sloop and. 

 Brig Harbor islands, with a width of 600 yards, and affords good 

 summer anchorage in 3 to 8 fathoms of water, sand bottom. The 

 harbor is clear of shoals except at a short distance from each shore, 

 and dries about 200 yards from the head, toward which the water 

 shoals gradually. 



White Cockade island, north-northeastward 1,400 yards from 

 Brig Harbor island, with a clear passage between, is 265 feet high, 

 and conical, with a blujff at the southeastern end. 



A reef bears 102°, distant 1,200 yards from the southeastern point 

 of White Cockade island ; it covers at high water and is steep-to. 



Coffee island, west-northwestward 1^ miles from the western end 

 of White Cockade island, is a yellow rock, with a conical mound, 35 

 feet high at its northern end. 



A reef 400 yards in extent, that covers 2 feet at high water, lies 

 northwestward 400 yards from Coffee island. 



Teapot island, northwestward ^ mile from the northwestern side 

 of Brig Harbor island, is 85 feet high. 



Taylor rock, with 3 feet of water over it, lies northwestward 300 

 yards from Teapot island and is steep to seaward. 



A reef, that covers 1 foot, bears 282°, distant 800 yards from the 

 western point of the island. Chance island, open northward of Flat 

 island, bearing 291°, leads northward of Taylor rock. 



Duck islands, southAvestward 700 yards from Teapot island, are a 

 cluster of bare rocks, the highest being 51 feet high, which should not 

 be approached nearer than 400 yards. 



Harbor rock, awash at low water, bears 135°, distant 1,100 yards 

 from the western Duck island. The southeastern end of Coffee island, 

 open eastvrard of Teapot island, bearing 19°, leads eastward of the 

 rock. 



