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Gorda Point is of the same type as Palmilla Point, with similar out- 

 lying rocks. Lying 5 miles southeast of Gorda Point is the Inner Gorda 

 Bank, with a least depth of 17 fathoms, and 2% miles farther out the 

 Outer Gorda Bank, with a least depth of 34 fathoms. Considerable 

 dredging has been done off Gorda Point and on or near the Inner and 

 Outer banks in sand, rock, and coralline on the banks and in mud off the 

 banks. 



From Gorda Point to Los Frailes, 21 miles to the northeast, is a 

 regular coast line trending first to the northeast and then directly to the 

 north, forming a regular convexity, with sandy beaches and rocky patches, 

 backed up by bluffs most of the way. Several arroyos break through the 

 bluff to make connection with the coast. In the southern portion of this 

 area the water deepens veiy gradually, so that the 100-fathom line may 

 be 7 miles offshore, but the grade is much steeper in the northern part, 

 so much so that this line may be less than a mile from shore. The only 

 collecting done here, except that near Los Frailes, was dipnetting by 

 electric light from the Velero HI at anchor off Arroyo de San Luis, 10 

 miles from Gorda Point. 



Los Frailes is a prominent, rocky bluff, 410 feet high. Directly to the 

 south of it there is an indentation of the shore to form Los Frailes Bay. 

 The depth of the water offshore increases rapidly. Shore seining in the 

 bay, dredging in shallow water in the bay and off the point, dredging off 

 the bay in 80 fathoms, and the collecting of land plants indicate the activ- 

 ities in this location. 



From Los Frailes to Cape Pulmo, 4 miles, where there is a rocky 

 bluff, and on to Arena Point, 7 miles, there is a sandy beach the most of 

 the way with some rock patches ashore and offshore, and several shoals 

 offshore. 



From Arena Point the coast turns to the northwest and then to the 

 north again to Pescadero Point, 21 miles along the shore, and 19 miles 

 in a straight line from point to point, to form Palmas Bay, largely a 

 stretch of sandy beach interrupted occasionally by rocky patches or 

 bluffs, with deep water quite close to shore. 



The only collecting along this coast from near Los Frailes to Pesca- 

 dero Point was some dredging in 50-150 fathoms off Boca de la Trinidad, 

 5 miles north of Arena Point. 



From Pescadero Point to Perico Point, 15 miles, there is another 

 somewhat similar indentation, Muertos Bay. The southern portion of the 

 shore is sandy, but the northern portion is more rocky. Not far south of 



