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with an extreme length of 63 miles and a width of 43. 

 Between this bank and Cape Sable are the Seal Island 

 Grounds, while to the northeast are Roseway Bank and Le 

 Have Bank, the latter being a favorite fishing ground for 

 American fishermen. 



The parallel of 44 and the meridian of 60 pass through 

 Sable Island. This island, narrow and crescent-shaped, is 

 in the eastern part of the extensive Sable Island Bank, 

 which is elliptical in form with a length of 156 miles and 

 a width of 56. To the northeast of the Island is the 

 Gully famous for its halibut a deep passageway be- 

 tween Sable Island and Banquereau, another important 

 fishing bank with an area of about 2,800 square miles. To 

 the west of Sable Island Bank are the Owl and Doubtful 

 Bank, while on the northern shoal is another called the 

 Middle Ground. North of Banquereau is an irregular 

 stretch of grounds termed Misane Bank, flanked on the 

 west by Canso Bank and on the east by Artimon Bank. 



NEWFOUNDLAND BANKS. 



The Bank of Saint Pierre, situated off the southern coast 

 of Newfoundland, extends in a northwest and southeast 

 direction. On its northern edge it approaches to within 

 ten miles of the French islands of Saint Pierre and 

 Miquelon. Cod and halibut are the principal fish taken 

 on this bank. On its eastern edge a gully, attaining a 

 depth of 100 fathoms in places, separates the Bank of Saint 

 Pierre from Green Bank by a distance of fifteen miles. 

 Halibut are taken on the latter bank. 



Seven miles to the east of Green Bank lies the Grand 

 Bank of Newfoundland. It is roughly triangular in shape, 

 one side facing N.N.E., another S.W., and the third about 

 E. by S. North and south it extends from below the paral- 

 lel of 43 to beyond that of 47 ; its width is between the 



