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more even tLaii tUe iioitLern. Cod, hake, and ]>()llock are the principal fish found liere. Both 

 trawls and Laud lines are used. 



Seguin Sou'Sou'west Geound bears south-southwest from the western part of Seguin 

 Island, from wliieli the center is distant four miles. It is a rocty shoal, about one-half mile 

 long by two hundred yards in width, with a shoaler portion in the center about one-half acre in 

 extent. The marks are Elwell's Eock, touching the west side of Seguin, and Fuller's Rock, 

 touching the southern lutrt of Bald Tlcad. The dc))ths range from seven to fourteen fathoms. 

 This ground is resorted to by boat fisliermen in .September for rock-cod, fishing wholly with 

 hand-lines. It is evidently a south-southwest continuation of the Hill Ground. 



Seguin Eidge bears about southwest by south from Seguin Island; distance, a little more 

 than three miles. It is about one mile long in an east-s(mtheast and west-northwest direction, 

 and one-fonrth of a mile broad. It consists of a number of small, rocky hummocks, with depths 

 of nine to fourteen fathoms, on which cod are taken by the small-boat fishermen in the fall. 



Seguin Gkound bears ;^onthwest by south Jiom Seguin Island, from which the center is 

 distant about seven miles. It is about four miles long, southwest and northeast, and a little more 

 than two miles broad in the widest part. There is a small hummock, called Bumper's Island 

 Ground, on the northern end, with a depth of thirteen fathoms. The northern part is mostly 

 rocky, but toward the south the bottom is gravelly and sloping, so that on the middle and 

 southern portions there are depths of thirty-five to forty five fathoms. Cod, hake, haddock, and 

 ])ollock are taken on these grounds, which are consideied to furnish the best fishing in the 

 vicinity of Seguin Island. Both trawls and hand-lines are used. 



MclNTiEE Eeef bears south-southwest from Bald Head (Cape Small Point) ; distance to the 

 center, four and one-half miles. It is two miles long, northeast and southwest, by one-half mile 

 wide. This reef is very broken and hummocky, with a rocky bottom, and depths of water ranging 

 from fourteen to twenty fathoms. It is resorted to by the small boat fishermen of Casco Bay, 

 who fihh for cod with hand-lines. Just to the eastward of this is a piece of bottom comiiosed of 

 hard mud and shells, where hajvc are usually quite abundant in the summer. 



Cow Ground bears nearly southwest from Bald Head, from which the center is distant six 

 and one half miles. This ground is nearly four miles long, in a northeast and southwest direction, 

 and about one and one-half miles wide. The northeast portion is rocky and rough, with depths 

 varying from sixteen to eighteen fathoms, while on the southwest part gravel and pebbles 

 predominate, and the bottom slopes to depths of twenty to thirty fathoms. Cod and j>ollock are 

 the principal fish occurring here. 



Murk Hub bears south by west one-quarter west from Small Point, from which the center 

 is distant ten and three-fourths miles. This ground is three miles long, north and south, and has 

 an average width of one and one-half miles. The depths vary from thirty-four to forty-five 

 fathoms. The inner part of the Hub is shoalest, and there the bottom consists of sharp, broken 

 rocks. From this shoal the ground slopes gradually to the south, where it is composed of sand 

 and gravel. Large quantities of marine invertebrates, affording food for the fishes, are brought 

 up on the fishermen's hooks here as elsewhere. Cod occur from spring until October, hake from 

 June to October, and haddock during the winter. Trawls only are used. 



Tag Ground lies between the Broken Ground and Seguin Island, bearing east-southeast 

 from the latter; distance, five miles. This is a narrow, rocky ridge, about two miles long in a 

 north northeast and south-southwest direction, with an uneven bottom and witli depths varying 

 from fourteen to thirty fathoms. It is principally frequented by small fishing boats. 



