_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.
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.
_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.
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.
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.