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REPOET OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



were also taken 6 inches below the surface. A few mussels also were 

 obtained from the thatch near by. Perhaps it maj^ be repeated that the 

 beach on the southern exposure of Fields Point, for a distance of more 

 than a quarter of a mile from the sewer outlet, is covered with foul- 

 smelling grayish slime. The water that comes up on the flats with 

 the rising tide is charged with sewage matters, and leaves a deposit 

 of slime on the rocks and shore below the low-water mark and a trail 

 of filth and organic refuse along the high-water line. 



The results of the analysis of these shellflsh are given in the follow- 

 ing table: 



Table VIII. — Aiiah/sIs of oi/stem, clamsi, and musi^els, collected at Fields Point. 



Specimens, aiirt flute <.f eollection. 



Oyf^ters, March IS, J901. 



1 . Juice 



2. Juice 



S. Juice 



4. Juice 



5. Juice 



(1. Juice 



1. Intestine 



'2. Intestine 



:;. Intestine ; . . 



•1. Intestine 



5. Intestine 



(). Intestine 



Mud on oyster sliells 



Mud on oyster shells 



Oi/i<t(rs, March -25, IVOI. 



] . Juice 



1. Intestine 



'2. Intestine 



8. Intestine 



4. Intestine 



1 . Stomach 



'2. Stomach 



3. Stomach 



Rectum 



Clams, March IS. 



^ . Juice 



'2. Juice 



]. Pieces of visceral mass 



•2. Pieces of visceral mass 



3. Pieces of visceral mass 



4. Pieces of visceral mass 



Sand 



Sand 



Sand 



Clams, March '2U 

 1. Juice 



1. Pieces of visceral mass 



2. Pieces of visceral mass 



3. Pieces of visceral mass 



4. Pieces of visceral mass 



Muf.-ifls, March 21. 



1. Juice 



2. Juice 



1 . Pieces of visceral mass 



2. Pieces of visceral mass 



3. Pieces of visceral mass 



4. Pieces of visceral mass 



Dextrose 

 fermented. 



+ 

 + 

 + 



Red colo- 

 nies on 

 litmus lac- 

 tose agar. 



-f 

 + 



+ 

 + 



+ 



+ 

 -I- 

 + 



(") 

 (") 

 (") 



+ 



B. coli. 



+ 



+ 

 + 

 + 



4- 

 1") 

 + 

 + 



+ 

 (") 

 (") 

 (") 



+ 



+ 

 + 

 («) 

 («) 

 (") 

 («) 



other fecal 

 bacteria. 



I Not made. 



'' No growth. 



Table VIII shows clearlv that shellfish living in close proximity to 

 this large sewer outlet are almost without exception infected with 



