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the shells are light colored. Some of the shad and bass are seut to market, but most of the other 

 fish are consumed locally. Capital invested, $0,000 in boats and tools; $2,000 in oyster-beds, and 

 $1,000 in nets. Ten thousand bushels of oysters and 50,000 bushels of hard clams are marketed. 



GREAT NECK. The oyster business is the principal interest of this locality. There are twenty 

 men engaged in it, of whom ten are married, and a total of sixty-two persons are dependent upon 

 the business. All shipments go iu boats owned at Little Neck. A total of $5,000 is invested 

 in seed. 



PORT WASHINGTON. This place has a greater number of persons engaged in oystering than 

 any other point in the bay. Two hundred men are engaged in the business, about eighty of whom 

 are married ; and the whole population, numbering between six hundred and seven hundred, is de- 

 pendent on the fisheries. The average yearly sales are: Oysters, $60,000; hard clams, $10,000; soft 

 clams, $200. There are not fish enough caught for home consumption. Some are bought from the 

 codfish smacks, and some are brought from New York to supply the demand. The railroad does not 

 reach this place, and all shipments go by boat. No oysters are opened, and the greater part go to 

 market iu bulk in sloops, some going iu baskets and barrels by steamer. Soft clams go in shell, 

 and but few are taken, although in former years they were plenty. All vessels owned here or in 

 this bay hail from New York. There are two sloops measuring over 20 tons, twenty others ranging 

 between 10 and 20 tons, and an equal number of smaller size. About $3,000 worth of menhaden 

 are taken yearly for manure, and some crabs, perhaps 1,000 barrels, are taken for home consump- 

 tion. Some tautog, or "blackfish" (Tautoya onitin) are taken, as well as a few sheepshead. 

 Formerly weakfish were plenty, but few are found at present. All these fish are consumed here, 

 together with about 3 tons of flounders. 



117. HEMPSTEAD BAY. 



THE FISHERIES OF HEMPSTEAD BAT. This bay has much the same character as Little Neck 

 Bay, but does not seem to be so prolific of oysters and clams. Perhaps not over seventy-five men 

 live from fishing and oystering. The people living at the bay get most of their fish from New York, 

 except flounders and tomcod (frostfish). Quite a number of small bluelish are taken, with an 

 occasional large one of G to 10 pounds weight. The natural growth of oysters here is poor, and 

 the planters send south for seed. A few terrapins were taken some years ago, but the speries has 

 now nearly disappeared. Scallops have also been taken, but not recently. 



EOSLYN. There is no commercial fishing here. Thirty men occasionally rake for oysters and 

 clams, but do not depend entirely upon this business. They have merely a skill' and a rake, the 

 entire outfit costing less than $45 per man. Of these thirty men one-half are married, and have 

 forty children, making eighty-five persons partly dependent upon the business, perhaps equaling 

 forty persons wholly so. They gather several thousand bushels of oysters and a considerable 

 quantity of clams yearly. Mr. Thomas Clapham, a yacht builder and well-known fisheiilturist, 

 lives here, and has a trout pond, in which persons may fish for an equivalent. Year before last, 

 besides his revenue from the above source, he sold $250 worth of trout; last year $240 worth, and 

 this year $80 worth. One of his ponds covers 2 acres. 



GLEN HEAD (GLENWOOD). There are fifty men fishing for clams and oysters in tins locality. 

 Thirty-five of these are married, and a total of two hundred persons arc dependent on the business. 

 There are two sloops measuring 22 tons each, five measuring 9 tons each, and three of 4 tons, or 

 101 tons in all. Most of the products are shipped by boat, only 155 barrels of oysters and clams 

 going by rail in the year ending June no, 1SSO. 



GLEN COVE. There are fifteen men fishing for clams and oysters here; ten of these are mar- 



