Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners 129 



RESULTS OF THE SURVEY OF THE NATURAL OYSTER 



BARS. 

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INTRODUCTION. 



The description of the survey of the waters of and adjacent 

 to Anne Arundel and Somerset Counties- is made as brief as is 

 consistent with completeness and accuracy, by the use of a 

 statistical form for presenting the facts which lend themselves 

 to such a method. 



The natural oyster bars- of Anne Arundel County are enumer- 

 ated, and the location and condition of each is indicated in 

 tables on pages 140 to 144. All bars located in tributaries of 

 the bay, designated for tonging operations, are enumerated in 

 the order in which they would be passed by following the coast 

 line of the county from Rock Point, the northern limit of all 

 oyster grounds, to Holland Point. The bars located in the bay 

 designated for tonging operations and those designated for 

 dredging then follow in the same order. 



In enumerating the natural bars in Somerset County, a 

 similar plan is followed except that the enumeration begins 

 with those in the most southern section and ends with those 

 in the section furthest north. The bars designated for tonging 

 operations are enumerated first ; those for scraping operations 

 second and those designated fr dredging last. 



All facts and deductions of special interest to prospective 

 lessees of barren bottoms for the purposes of oyster culture, 

 ascertained during this or previous surveys, are given in the 

 text. 



ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. 



Areas Designated for Tonging Operations. 



Magothy River. 

 (Chart of Natural Oyster Bars, Nos. 1 and 2.) 



Magothy River is a body of water about four miles in length. 

 Its width at its mouth is not quite a half mile, but it rapidly 

 expands until in the region of Sillery Bay it becomes two miles 



