increasing toward the southern end.

This is a good cod ground at all times when the fish are on the coast,
the spring school being the largest. The shoal is a favorite place for
rock cod. Haddock are present from January 1 to February 15. Hake are
abundant in their season on the mud bottom inside the Bald Ridges 1½
miles WSW, in 50 fathoms. It is a good lobster ground.

Henry Marshalls Ground. This ground lies S. by W. from Matinicus Rock
about 3 miles; its area is about 2 acres. The shoaler portion has a
depth of 35 fathoms and a gravelly bottom; on the edge the depth is 45
fathoms and the bottom is of rocks and mud. Cod are taken here in the
spring, haddock in January and February, and hake in the summer months.
It is a good lobster ground.

The Bounties (The Bowdies). This ground bears SE. by S ½ S distant 6
miles from Wooden Ball Island. It is nearly circular in form, about 4
miles across, and has depths from 40 to 60 fathoms. The bottom, of
gravel and rocks, is somewhat broken. It is a good cod and cusk ground
in spring and fall and a haddock ground in winter and is fished by
vessels and sloops, mainly by trawling but with a certain amount of hand
lining, in May and June. A summer hake ground extends from 3 miles
ESE. of Seal Island to 4 miles SSE of the Wooden Ball, thus it is about
7½ miles long by some 2½ miles wide. The depths here are from 35 to 60
fathoms.

Summer Hake Ground. A summer hake ground extends from 8 miles SE. of
the eastern Ear of Isle au Haute to 3 miles SE. of Long Island in 35 to
60 fathoms on a bottom of hard mud. This piece of ground is about 15
miles long by 4 miles wide.