210 SEA-FISH. 
(1) The Ouxifall—A sand-ground for flat fish, small 
whiting, gurnard, and occasional large mackerel (local, 
“race-horses”). Row out from the beach about 100 
yards east of the pier until the flagstaff on the end of 
the latter is exactly on the red steeple of the Presby- 
terian church at the further end of the Exeter Road 
(and to the left of the gardens) and the white patch on the 
further side of Durley Chine (the first, westward from-the 
pier) is just open. The fish shift slightly on this ground 
according to tide and wind, but a boat anchored accord- 
ing to these bearings is over the centre of it. I think it, 
however, fair to mention, for the benefit of those who 
may have pronounced views on such matters, that this 
Outfall is named from the two sewers that terminate in 
the immediate vicinity! Instead of opening the white 
patch in the first Chine, some open the road in the third 
(Alum). 
(2) The Pier Rocks—An excellent, but small, reef for 
pout, with an occasional good conger. On one occasion 
only, in the first week of July, 1896, I took a large 
number of fine codling, averaging a pound, in a very 
short time, but have not heard of any there before or 
since. ‘This ground is in dead line with the pier, so that 
the boat has to be rowed out with the flagstaff dead on 
the clock at the other end, and the other mark is either 
Branksea Castle (it can be seen as a grey patch behind 
the trees on Branksea Island, Poole Harbour) just clear 
of the end of the cliffs beyond Branksome (the westmost) 
Chine ; or—an excellent bearing on very clear days—‘“ Old 
Harry Rock,” out to the south-west, beneath the apex of 
a light triangular field on the hillside beyond Swanage. 
It is well to bear in mind that, if really good sport is 
expected, the boat should be anchored right on the 
single high rock, and that any carelessness in picking up 
the marks” may have fatal results. This ground is not 
profitable when a strong tide is running, an objection 
that applies to all pout- and conger-grounds. 
(3) The JZxner Durley—As Bridle, the only local 
lobster-man, keeps his pots on this reef throughout the 
summer, the ground is often to be picked up by his corks. 
Still, even Bridles are ephemeral; and the bearings of 
this reef, which is not more than a couple of hundred 
yards from the beach, and immediately off the Durley 
