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96 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. shore a berth of 1 mile; thence NEbyE+E for Port Hope, and ENEE for Cobourg. | PORT HOPE Is 23 miles E+N of Darlington, which is formed by running two rows of piers into 18 feet water, having a basin at their inner or northern extremity. During a SE or SW gale, this port cannot be made by large vessels, drawing over 9 feet water, with safety, owing to the tremendous swell rolling in from the lake ; besides which, the piers being only 125 feet apart at the mouth, and the basin very small, there is no room to check the speed of a vessel, or to snub her without danger to herself or others. During a southerly gale, also, the swell in the basin is so great as to cause vessels to lay uneasy. J'rom any wind N of E or W, this is a perfectly safe and snug harbor. COBOURG. The Harbor of Cobourg is situated seven miles east of Port Hope, and is formed of pier work. A shifting bar of sand is thrown up during a SW gale, which renders the entrance to it still more dangerous than Port Hope for vessels of deep draught. The harbor is more capacious, and when once entered, more secure than that of Port Hope, having a second or inner basin with plenty of water, where no sea can injure or disturb the vessels lying there. The mouth of the Harbor is 130 feet wide, with water varying from 10 to 13 feet. The Lighthouse is on the east pier, 20 feet high, and visible 8 miles. Danger.--In entering this port, at night, care must be taken not to run too close to the south end of the west pier, where broken crib work and numerous piles project nearly 100 feet further into the lake than the end of the east pier. Shoal.--Midway between Port Hope and Cobourg there is a dangerous shoal, called Gull Island, which is about two miles long, and one mile from theshore. It is sometimes bare, and has a Light- house erected upon it, 45 feet high, showing a bright, fixed white light, and visible 10 to 12 miles. In passing this shoal give it a berth of two miles.