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seed as soon as they have reached a size when they can withstanil 

 the hardships attendant upon being taken up and rebedded. 



East Bay Junup, or Little Bay Junup, situated immediately 

 to the eastward from the southern part of Bay Junup, com- 

 municates with the Gulf through Bayou du West which empties 

 in the latter bay. On its east side there is an opening to Taylor's 

 Bayou, and at the northern extremity a small bayou connects 

 with the lower end of Mud Hole Bayou. This bay is about one 

 mile in diameter, being roughly circular in outline. There is a 

 channel along the western side for its entire length. The water 

 over the southern part of the bay is from one to three feet deep, 

 while in the northern part it is from six to ten feet. The greater 

 part of the bottom is 'covered with reefs, many of which are 

 exposed at ordinary low tides. The oysters making up the shal- 

 low reefs are all densely crowded ; while on some of the reefs in 

 the deeper parts of tlie bay good oysters are found quite abun- 

 dantly. The bottom between the reefs in the shallow part of 

 the bay is composed entirely of soft mud, in most places in- 

 capable of supporting seed oysters. In the northern part of 

 the bay and in the channel where the deposition of sediment is 

 not so rapid, the bottom is firmer and in many places could be 

 utilized for planting without any preparation. 



The water in this bay is always more saline tban in West 

 Bay Junup, and is not so quickly affected by the flow of fresh 

 water from the westward. The amount of food materials in 

 the water is fairly large, and the poor condition of the oysters 

 on the crowded reefs is to be attributed to the crowding of the 

 oysters and not to the inadequacy of the food supply. 



Taylor's Bayou has its mouth just East of Little Bay 

 Junup, about one-half of a mile from the mouth of Bayou du 

 West. This bayou runs north for about two miles, then in an 

 easterly direction for about the same distance, where it opens 

 into the southwest corner of King Lake. The bayou is some 

 200 yards wide throughout the greater part of its length, and 

 there are more or less extensive mud flats on either side of the 

 channel. Tlie depth of water varies from fifteen to thirty feet 

 'M the lower part of the 1)ayou, while in the upper end, about 

 tne mile from King Lakp. there is a reef in the middle of the 

 l^avou oovo'^Pfl bv about four feet of wnter at low tide. The 



