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Outer Hokse Eeep lies but a sliort distance to the southwest of the Inner Horse Eeef, 

 there being only a narrow gully between the two. The shoal, which is small, and falls off rapidly 

 on all sides, has a depth of thirty fathoms. Over a space a quarter of a mile in diameter the 

 bottom is gravelly. This gronnd is resorted to for the same fish, and at the same seasons, as the 

 inner ridge. 



Southwest Geound lies two miles southwest from the western head of Isle au Haute; is 

 circular in shajje, one-half mile in diameter, and has a gravelly bottom, with depths of from 

 thirty-five to forty fathoms. This is a good locality for large cod from April to June and from 

 September to November. A few haddock and pollock arc taken with the cod. Hand-lines are 

 principally used, with clam and herring bait. 



Baelet Hill Geound bears north-northeast from Seal Island and south-southwest from 

 the western head of Isle au Haute, being directly in a line between the two, and very nearly 

 equidistant from each, the distance being three and one-half miles. This is a small ground, not 

 over half a mile in diameter, circular in shape, with depths of from twenty-eight to thirty 

 fathoms, and with a mixed bottom of rocks and mud. It is a good fishing-ground for cod in the 

 fall and spring, and a few halibut are also occasionally taken upon it. Both trawls and hand- 

 lines are used. 



GiLKBT Geound bears south from the western head of Isle au Haute; distance, four miles. 

 It extends in an east-northeast and west-southwest direction, and is about one and one-half miles 

 long by one-third of a mile wide. It has a rocky bottom on the shoaler portion, where the depth 

 is twenty-three fathoms, but it slopes off gradually to a depth of thirty-five fathoms on the 

 southwest part, where the bottom is gravelly. The bottom is comparatively smooth, and both 

 trawls and hand-lines are used, upon it. This is a good ground for cod during the spring and 

 fall, for haddock during the winter, and for hake, near the edge, in the summer. 



EooK-CpD Ledge. — This ledge lies about one mile northeast of Seal Island (off Isle au 

 Haute), and has a depth of only three and one-half fathoms on the shoalest part. On all sides it 

 slopes off gradually for quite a distance. The bottom consists of sharp rocks, and is broken 

 in places. This is a very fair ground for rock-cod during the spring and fall, and has always 

 been considered an excellent locality for hooking mackerel when these fish are in this vicinity. 



Southeast GBOuiNC and Geatbl Bottom. — This is an extensive piece of flat ground lying 

 to the southward of Seal Island, the western part bearing a little east of south, and the eastern 

 part aboiit east-southeast from the island. It is five or six miles in diameter, and although 

 forming a single stretch of ground, the eastern portion has received the name of Southeast 

 Ground, while the western part is called the Gravel Bottom. The latt.er name is derived from the 

 character of the bottom, which is pebbly and gravelly on the western part, and muddy, with 

 patches of gravel, on the eastern part. The western portion has depths of from thirty-five to 

 forty-five fathoms, while the eastern part varies in depth from forty to sixty fathoms. This is a 

 good ground for cod in the spring, for hake in the summer, and for haddock in the winter. 

 Fishing is done mostly with trawls. 



Laisdell's Geound.— This is a small rocky spot outside of the Brandy Ledges, and is not 

 more than a fourth of an acre in extent. It has a depth of twenty fathoms, with a sharp, rocky 

 bottom. It is considered the best fishing-ground for cod and haddock in Isle au Haute Bay. 



Saddle-Baoic Eeep bears about south from Saddle-Back Ledge, from which the inner 

 part is distant three-fourths of a mile. It is two-thirds of a mile long, north and south, and 

 quite narrow, being not more than one^fourth of a mile in width. The depths vary from fifteen 



