Private \Jhrf 



of 



•^^ Oilman Drew* 



durinir tlu' \n\v fiill aiul wiiilrr, almost entirely disappearing 

 during' the sununer. AVhile most numerous on the sandy shoals, 

 they are not entirely confined to the open bottom, hut are found 

 quite often amontrst the "eel" pirass, occasionally out as far 

 as four or five feet of water. These spits have an estimated 

 area of from ten to fifteen acres. 



2. About three-quarters of a mile below the lower fpiaran- 

 tine station the island becomes a broad sand flat, nearly two 

 miles lonsi. On the inner side this continues into the water as 

 a shoal pit. During extreme high water the entire flat is cov- 

 ered, as is shown by the number of dead shells which are washed 

 upon the center of the island. Alono: the low water line clams 

 are fairly abundant, particularly about the middle of the flat. 

 They are, however, confined to a narrow strip near the low tide 

 mark and do not extend out on the spit for any great distance. 

 Approximating: the bed as six feet wnde and a mile in length, 

 it would have an area of about three-quarters of an acre. 



3. Nearly ten miles south of this bed the island is cut up 

 by many bayous, the entrances to which are almost completely 

 blocked by a shallow flat of extremely tenacious, black, sandy 

 clay, which extends nearly half a mile from shore and about 

 a mile in length. The bottom is more or less covered with a 

 fine grass. Throughout nearly the entire flat, clams are vm-v 

 abundant, although they were nearly all about two and a half 

 inches long. This bed has an area of about three hundred and 

 twenty acres. 



4. About two miles south of this bed there is a snuill inlet 

 lying a short distance from the main island with wnich it is 

 connected by a shallow sand and mud flat. The lower end of 

 this island is continued as a sand spit nearly a mile long and 

 about a quarter of a mile wide. At the lower end this spit is 

 composed of a rather hard mixture of sand, clay and mud, but 

 near the island the bottom is very soft. No clams are found 

 on it. Along the northern side of the spit and continuing in 

 the hard bottom around the upper side of the island, and for 

 nearly a mile along the main island, clams are very abundant, 

 though very few large ones were found, covering about one 

 hundred and eighty acres, and, while most numerous near 



