REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 27 



VI. A Continuance of the Survey of the Shores of the Bay 

 FOR THE Purpose of Determining those Portions which 

 are Most Productive of Seed Clams. 



Beginning in the latter part of July a series of about twenty ex- 

 peditions was made, to different parts of the Bay, for this special 

 purpose. A large portion of the shore was gone over, and notes were 

 made of the conditions of the new clam set. In one locality only 

 was there found a particularly thick set comparable to that found 

 in various places during several previous years. This one locality, 

 a small area on Cornelius Island, produced, in the latter part of 

 August, 386 clams to the square foot. 



The spot on Green's Island, where two years ago there was a phe- 

 nomenal set, produced this year only a very few scattering specimens. 



Why one limited area should produce such immense quantities 

 one year, and not again for several years, is inexplicable at present. 



