-AN OYSTER BEDDING GROUND AND LUGGER. 

 This bedding ground is located near tlie mouth of the Mississippi river to 

 the westward. Note the type of lugger (so called from the lug-sail) that is 

 used for oystering. The lug-sail is especially adapted to catch the wind in 

 sailing along the bayous bordered with trees, and to hold the light breezes 

 of midsummer. This type of sail will "hold up" better to the wind than the 

 cat-rigged sail, and consequently will sail better along the narrow, winding 

 bayous of the state. 



