INLAND FISHERIES. 



IX. A dudy of ill e Ufe-hahits of the clam. 



This investigation lias been nndertaken for the purpose of de- 

 termining- the reasons for the present depleted condition of the 

 clam beds, and to test the feasibility and practicability of restock- 

 ing the same through methods of artificial propagation. The in- 

 vestigation was entrusted to Prof. J. L. Kellog.g, who has made 

 a special study of the lamellibranchs (the natural grou]i to ^^■hich 

 the oyster, clam, and scallo]) belong), and who is amply qualified 

 to write authoritatively' respecting the various problems of marine 

 life. 



