SEWAGE CONTAMINATION OF OYSTER BEDS. 



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an additional area of nearly 360 square miles, oi'more than one-fifth 

 the total area of the state. Narragansett Bay proper is a narrow body 



NARRAGANSETT BAY 



AND 

 ADJACENT WATERS 



of "alt Nvater that makes fnto Rhode Island from the Atlantic Ocean, 

 which washes the southern border of the state, as will be seen by 



