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Fathom Water.
[Sidenote: Road of Miquelon.]
The Road of Miquelon (which is large and spacious) lies at the
North-end, and on the East-side of the Island, between Cape Miquelon
and a very remarkable round Mountain near the Shore, called
Chapeaux: Off the South Point of the Road are some sunken Rocks,
about a quarter of a Mile from the Shore, but every where 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.
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