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no doubt that the chief reason of the extensive 

 cultivation by means of bouchots in the Bay of 

 Aiguillon is simply that no other plan would 

 succeed there. The mud is so very soft, and so 

 constantly forming, that mussel beds could not 

 be established.' 



The large natural areas at command in Great 

 Britain for culture on the bedding system are 

 without any doubt more than sufficient to produce, 

 if protected and regulated, bait and seed mussels 

 with which to maintain the nation's demand. 



