no THE OYSTER. 



PLATE VII. 



Figure 2. An oyster shell upon the inside of 

 which about one hundred and fifty young oysters have 

 fastened themselves. This is one from the lot of shells 

 which were sold by Mr. Church, of Crisfield, from the 

 pile of shells at his packing-house, to an oyster farmer 

 in Long Island Sound. Mr. Church visited the farm 

 five weeks after the shells were shipped, and took up 

 a number of the shells, and he states that the one 

 which is here figured is a fair sample. 



Figure i. A pipe, upon the bowl of which six 

 oysters have grown ; from the Chesapeake Bay. 



