Directions for Navigating on Part of the South Coast of Newfoundland, with a Chart Thereof, Includi | Page 4

else it is clear of Danger. The best Anchorage is near the Bottom of the Road in 6 and 7 Fathom, fine sandy Bottom; you lay open to the Easterly Winds, which Winds seldom blow in the Summer.
[Sidenote: Cape Miquelon.]
Cape Miquelon, or the Northern extremity of the Island is high bluff Land; and when you are 4 or 5 Leagues to the Eastward or Westward of it, you would take it for an Island, by reason the Land at the Bottom of the Road is very low.
[Sidenote: Seal Rocks]
The Seal Rocks are two Rocks above Water, lying 1 League and a half off from the Middle of the West-side of the Island Miquelon; the Passage between them and the Island is very safe, and you have 14 or 15 Fathom within a Cable's Length all round them.
[Sidenote: Green Island.]
This Island which is about three-quarters of a Mile in Circuit, and low, lies N.E. 5 Miles from St. Peter's, and nearly in the Middle of the Channel, between it and Point May on Newfoundland; on the South-side of this Island are some Rocks both above and under Water, extending themselves 1 Mile and a quarter to the S.W.
Description of Fortune Bay.
Fortune Bay is very large, the Entrance is form'd by Point May and Pass Island, which are 12 Leagues N. by E. and S. by W. from each other, and it is about 23 Leagues deep, wherein are a great many Bays, Harbours, and Islands.
[Sidenote: Island of Brunet.]
The Island of Brunet is situated nearly in the Middle of the Entrance into Fortune Bay, it is about 5 Leagues in Circuit, and of a tolerable Height; the East-end appears at some Points of view like Islands, by reason it is very low and narrow in two Places. On the N.E. Side of the Island is a Bay, wherein is tolerable good Anchorage for Ships in 14 and 16 Fathom, shelter'd from Southerly and Westerly Winds; you must not run too far in for fear of some sunken Rocks in the Bottom of it, a quarter of a Mile from the Shore; opposite this Bay on the South-side of the Island, is a small Cove, wherein small Vessels and Shallops can lay pretty secure from the Weather, in 6 Fathom Water; in the Middle of the Cove is a Rock above Water, and a Channel on each Side of it. The Islands laying at the West-end of Brunet, called Little Brunets, afford indifferent Shelter for Shallops in blowing Weather; you may approach these Islands, and the Island of Brunet, within a quarter of a Mile all round, there being no Danger but what lay very near the Shore.
[Sidenote: Plate Islands]
Plate Islands are three Rocks of a moderate Height, lying S.W. 1 League from the West-end of Great Brunet. The Southermost and outermost of these Rocks, lay W. by S. half S. 11 Miles from Cape Miquelon, and in a direct Line between Point May and Pass Island, 17 Miles from the former and 19 from the later; S.E. a quarter of a Mile from the Great Plate (which is the Northermost) is a sunken Rock, whereon the Sea breaks, which it the only Danger about them.
[Sidenote: Observations]
There are several strong and irregular Settings of the Tides or Currents about the Plate and Brunet Islands, which seem to have no dependency on the Moon, and the Course of the Tides on the Coast.
[Sidenote: Island of Sagona.]
The Island of Sagona, which lies N.N.E. 2 Leagues from the East-end of Brunet, is about 3 Miles and a half in circuit, of a moderate Height, and bold too all round, at the S.W. end is a small Creek that will admit Fishing Shallops; in the Middle of the Entrance is a sunken Rock which makes it exceeding narrow, and difficult to get in or out, except in fine Weather.
[Sidenote: Point May.]
Point May is the Southern Extremity of Fortune Bay, and the S.W. Extremity of this Part of Newfoundland; it may be known by a great black Rock, nearly joining to the Pitch of the Point, and something higher than the Land, which makes it look like a black Hommock on the Point; near a quarter of a Mile right off from the Point, or this round black Rock, are three sunken Rocks, whereon the Sea always breaks.
[Sidenote: Dantzic Coves.]
Near 2 Miles North from Point May, is Little Dantzic Cove, and half a Leag. from Little Dantzic is Great Dantzic Cove; these Coves are no Places of safety, being open to the Westerly Winds; the Land about them is of a moderate Height, bold too, and clear of Wood.
[Sidenote: Fortune.]
From Dantzic Point (which is the North Point of the Coves) to Fortune the Course is N.E. near 3 Leagues; the Land between them near the Shore is of