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DIRECTIONS
For Navigating on Part of the
South Coast of Newfoundland,
WITH
A CHART thereof,
Including the ISLANDS of
St. PETER's and MIQUELON,
And a particular ACCOUNT of the
Bays, Harbours, Rocks, Land-Marks, Depths of Water,
Latitudes, Bearings, and Distances from Place to Place,
the Setting of the Currents, and Flowing of the
Tides, _&c._

From an actual SURVEY, taken by Order of

Commodore PALLISSER, Governor of _Newfoundland_,
_Labradore_, &c.

By JAMES COOK,

Surveyor of _Newfoundland_.

LONDON:

Printed for the AUTHOR, and Sold by J. MOUNT and T. PAGE on
_Tower-Hill_, M,DCC,LXVI.

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DIRECTIONS

FOR

Navigating on Part of the South Coast of _NEWFOUNDLAND_.

N.B. _All Bearings and Courses hereafter-mentioned, are the true
Bearings and Courses, and not by Compass._

[Sidenote: Cape Chapeaurouge.]

Cape _Chapeaurouge_, or the Mountain of the _Red Hat_, is situated on
the West side of _Placentia Bay_, in the Latitude of 46 deg. 53' North,
and lies nearly West 17 or 18 Leagues from Cape St. _Maries_; it is
the highest and most remarkable Land on that Part of the Coast,
appearing above the rest something like the Crown of a Hat, and may be
seen in clear Weather 12 Leagues.

[Sidenote: Harbours of St. Laurence]

Close to the Eastward of Cape _Chapeaurouge_ are the Harbours of
_Great_ and _Little St. Laurence_. To sail into _Great St. Lawrence_,
which is the Westermost, there is no Danger but what lies very near
the Shore; taking Care with Westerly, and particularly S.W. Winds, not
to come too near the _Hat Mountain_, to avoid the Flerrys and Eddy
Winds under the high Land. The Course in is first N.W. till you open
the upper Part of the Harbour, then N.N.W. half W. The best Place for
great Ships to Anchor, and the best Ground is before a Cove on the
East-side of the Harbour in 13 Fathom Water. A little above _Blue
Beach Point_, which is the first Point on the West-side; here you lie
only two Points open: You may Anchor any where between this Point and
the Point of _Low Beach_, on the same Side near the Head of the
Harbour, observing that close to the West Shore, the Ground is not so
good as on the other Side. Fishing Vessels lay at the Head of the
Harbour above the Beach, sheltered from all Winds.

To sail into _Little St. Laurence_ you must keep th