62 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Indian Key. — One and one- fourth miles SE. by E. ^ E. of Indian 

 Key ; depth, 6 feet. Bottom hard mud. No- clams. 



Chokoloskee Pass. — One mile WNW. of mouth of pass; depth, 4 

 feet. Bottom hard. No clams. Mouth of pass; depth, 1\ to 5 feet. 

 Places were found with hard bottom and without eelgrass where 

 no clams were located. Other places where the bottom was some- 

 what softer and on which eelgrass was growing contained an 

 abundance of clams. 



Rahhit Key. — One and one-fourth miles NW. by W. of Rabbit 

 Key ; depth, 6 feet. Bottom hard with light stratum of silt ; eel- 

 grass sparse. Clams fairly abundant. One-fourth mile NW. by 

 N. of Rabbit Key; depth, 5 feet. Bottom hard. Clams scattered. 

 One-eighth mile SW. by W. of north end of Rabbit Key; depth, 

 5 feet. Bottom hard mud and broken shell; eelgrass. Clams 

 abundant. 



Pavilion Key. — Two miles northwest of Pavilion Key; depth, 

 4^ feet. Bottom varies from hard to rather soft mud; eelgrass. 

 Clams abundant. One and one-half miles NW. by N. of Pavilion 

 Key lies a bar 1 mile long and one-half mile wide which contains 

 clams in great abundance. The depth of water varies from 1 to 3 

 feet, mean ebb tide, and clams can be dug by hand during low tide. 

 The bottom is of sticky mud and eelgrass, which easily bears the 

 weight of a person. One mile N. ^ W. of the north end of Pavilion 

 Key. In this general locality the clam dredge has been working 

 for several years. Although thousands of bushels of clams have 

 been dug, they appear to be abundant still. One-half mile west 

 of the center of Pavilion Key; depth, 5 feet. Bottom hard. No 

 clams. One and one-half miles southeast of Pavilion Key ; depth, 5 

 feet. Bottom hard with light stratum of silt. Clams vei"y scat- 

 tered. Two miles southeast of Pavilion Key ; depth, 7 feet. Bottom 

 hard, with stratum of silt. Clams fairly abundant. Two and one- 

 half miles southeast of Pavilion Key; depth, 7 feet. Bottom rather 

 hard witli stratum of silt ; eelgrass. Clams abundant. 



Clam Point. — One mile WSW. of Clam Point; depth, 6 feet. 

 Bottom rather hard with stratum of silt; eelgrass. Clams abundant. 

 In and about the shore of Clam Point clams are very abundant. 

 The bottom is of sticky mud and eelgrass. At low tide parts of 

 the bar are almost uncovered and the clams can easily be dug 

 by hand. Here the writer obtained 200 clams in 1 hour with but 

 little effort. 



Turkey Key. — One-half mile WNW. of Turkey Key; depth, 5 

 feet. Bottom sticky mud; eelgrass. Clams abundant. 



Seminole Point. — One-half mile southwest of Seminole Point; 

 depth, 5^ feet. Bottom of firm mud; eelgrass. Clams abundant. 



Alligator Point to Porpoise Point. — Clams are very abundant 

 nearly everywhere in this territory. An extremely prolific bar lies 

 about three-fourths of a mile off Alligator Point, and it is here 

 that the Key West boats obtain their clams. A white house, one of 

 the few landmarks to be seen on the long stretch of coast adjoin- 

 ing the clam bar, is located on Porpoise Point, locally known as 

 Wood Key. 



Lossmans River. — One mile SW. i W. of the mouth of Lossmans 

 River; depth, 2 feet. Bottom of mud, broken shell, and eelgrass. 

 Clams fairly abundant. One and one-half and 2 miles southwest 



