26 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



V. 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. 



The expeditions made in the latter part of the summer revealed 

 a large set of clams. A few places, such as a portion of Green's 

 Island and a portion of Old Buttonwoods, where a phenomenal set has 

 occurred in previous years, did not possess even an ordinary set. 

 With these few exceptions the shores were very thickly set with 

 clams. Upon the shore of Cornelius Island, Wickford, one sample 

 area produced 386 clams per square foot. In another area, a little 

 distance away, the set was so thick that little clams were crowded 

 out of the ground as they grew larger, because of actual lack of space, 

 and lay in windrows upon the shore. On August 12th one square 

 foot in this area was carefully marked out upon the shore, care being 

 taken to select an average spot, the soil was removed to a depth of 

 two inches, and the clams in it were carefully counted. From this 

 amount of earth 4,264 clams were obtained. Later in the season, on 

 September 7th, an area of eight square yards was dug up and the 

 clams carefully sifted out. From this area 48 quarts of clams were 

 obtained, or a pint and a half from every square foot. 



The following table gives brief comments on the character of the 

 set in several localities. 



Locatioji of Clam Grounds. 



Set of 1904: Visited August— September, 1904. 



Cornehus Island Thickly set. 



Cornelius Island, S. W. Point Extremely thick. 



Mill Cove, Wickford Good set. 



Mill Cove, South Shore Very good set. 



Mill Cove, West Shore Fair set. 



Mill Cove, North Shore Good set. 



