V. — A TYPICAL OYSTER DREDGE BOAT. 

 These boats are flat-bottomed, and, with the stern-wheel drive, can make 

 their way over very shallow water. Notice the bumpers on the bow for push- 

 ing the "flat." Under ordinary conditions, it takes a crew of nine men to 

 handle a boat of this size, and the running expenses amount to about twenty 

 barrels a day. 



