2l6 THE OYSTER. 



too much to affirm that the money value of the grounds 

 under the water is equal to that of the dry land. 



I have attempted to form a rough approximation to 

 the area which is at present occupied by oysters in 

 Maryland, and while, in the absence of exact surveys, 

 the result cannot be regarded as strictly accurate, the 

 conclusions which are given in the following table are 

 certainly not excessive. 



Table No. 4. — Areas of Oyster-Beds Approximately 

 Ascertained. 1883. 



Square Yards. 



Fishing Bay Beds 25,r,00,000 



Were Point 1,800,000 



Shark Fin Point 1,850,000 



Nanticoke Point 3,400,000 



Clump Point 400,000 



Horsey's Bar Beds 200,000 



Tyler Beds 700,000 



Druramins Shoal 2,400,000 



Cow and Calf 300,000 



Bloodsworth Island (East Bed) 4,000,000 



Cedar Beds 400.000 



Mud Beds 1,800,000 



Turtle Egg Island 1,650,000 



Chain Shoal 1.200,000 



Muscle Hole Bed 3,00n.0C0 



Pi ney Island Bar 7,000,000 



Manokin lUver Bed 6.200,(;00 



Biii Annemessex 8,000,000 



Harris' Beds 3,400,000 



Terrapin Sand Beds 1,400,000 



Paul's Bed 800,000 



\Yoman's Marsh 7,C00,000 



Bed of Janes' Island 1,800,000 



Great Rock 8,500,000 



St. Mary's County Bay Shore 48.787,200 



Calvert County Bay Shore 57,076,800 



James River to Islands to Boundary Line 42.240,000 



Anne Arundel County Bay Shore 88,281,600 



Kent Coanty Bay Shore 21,608,400 



Talbot County Bay Shore 50,372,800 



Queen Anne's County Bay Shore 48,787,200 



Sus(iuehanna Ri ver Ovster-Beds 14,70.'),000 



Sassafras River Ovster-Beds 3,300,000 



Bac k River Oyster-Beds 2,200,000 



Back River Ovster-Beds 1,200.000 



Gunpowder IJiver Oyster-Beds 3,800,000 



Bush River Ovster-Beds 1,300.000 



Hawk Cove Ovster-Beds 960,000 



Patapsco River Oyster-Beds (Old Road River to Sollers' Point) 3,800,000 



Chester River and Creeks Oyster-Beds 21,400.000 



Bodkin Creek Ovster-Beds 5,000,000 



Masothy River Oyster-Beds 8,900,000 



Severn River Ovster-Beds 3.500,000 



South River Ovster-Beds 6.000.000 



Eastern Bay and Creeks Oyster-Beds 19,400,000 



Choptank River to Cambridge Oyster-Beds 13,300,000 



Little Choptank River Oyster-Beds 7,100,000 



Patuxent River to Benedict Oyster-Beds 17,300,000 



Total 578,224,000 



