OYSTER CULTURE IN ENGLAND. 479 



3rd haul : i ,, o ,, o ,, 



2 75 I 55 ,) 55 



Total of 3 hauls 3 1 6 



Soil as before. 



5th. Eight hauls on off grounds, east of Hampton 

 Pier. 

 ist haul: i dredge o oysters i five-finger, o dog whelks. 



55 

 >5 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 >J 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 55 



Total of 8 hauls 6 oysters 27 five-fingers 14 dog-whelks 

 The ground on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of these hauls 



was cleaner than elsewhere, with much cultch, the shells of 



dead mussels, an old mussel bed at one time having existed 



here. 



Elsewhere the soil was everywhere dirty, with much 



weed. 



