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our Briton_ to _Cape Miquelon_ is S.W. a quarter W. 10 Leagues. From the West Head of _Harbour Briton_ to _Cannaigre Head_, the Course is W. by S. Distant 2 Leagues; between them are _Gull-Island_ and _Deadman's Bay_. _Gull-Island_ lies close under the Land, 2 Miles to the Westward of Harbour _Briton_. _Deadman's Bay_ is to the Westward of _Gull-Island_, wherein you may Anchor with the Land Winds. Between _Harbour Briton_ and _Cannaigre Head_, is a Bank stretching off from the Shore between 2 and 3 Miles, whereon is various Depths of Water from 34 to 4 Fathom. Fishermen say that they have seen the Sea break in very bad Weather, a good way without _Gull-Island_. [Sidenote: Cannaigre Head.] [Sidenote: Cannaigre Bay.] [Sidenote: Cannaigre Rocks.] _Cannaigre Head_ which forms the East Point of the Bay of the same Name, lies North Easterly 3 Leagues and a half from the West-end of _Brunet_; it is a high craggy Point, easy to be distinguished from any Point of view. From this Head to _Basstarre_ Point, the Course is W. by N. half N. 2 Leagues, and likewise W. by N. half N. 3 Leagues and a half to the Rocks of _Pass Island_; but to give them a Birth make a W. by N. Course good. Between _Cannaigre Head_ and _Basstarre Point_ is _Cannaigre Bay_, which extends itself about 4 Leagues Inland, at the Head of which is a Salmon River. In the Mouth of the Bay lay the Rocks of the same Name above Water, you may approach these Rocks very near, there being no Danger but what discovers itself. The Channel between them and the North Shore is something Dangerous, by reason of a range of Rocks which lie along Shore, and extend themselves 1 Mile off. [Sidenote: Cannaigre Harbour.] _Cannaigre Harbour_ which is very small, with 7 Fathom Water in it, is within a Point on the South-side of the Bay, 5 Miles above the Head: The Passage into the Harbour is on the S.E. Side of the Island, lying before it. Nearly in the Middle of the Bay, abreast of this Harbour, are two Islands of a tolerable Height, on the South-side of the Westermost Island, which is the largest, are some Rocks above Water. [Sidenote: Dawson's Cove.] This Cove is on the N.W. Side of the Bay, bears North, Distance about 4 Miles from the Head, and East 2 Miles from the W. end of the _Great Island_. In it are good Fishing Conveniences, and Anchorage for Vessels in 6 and 5 Fathom Water, but they will lay open to the Southerly Winds. Between the S.W. Point of this Cove
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