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the hand when they are wanted. Other piles are distributed in 
long lines, bound to each other by a cord, from which are sus- 
pended faggots of young wood ; these are intended to receive the 
ARTIFICIAL OYSTER BANKS, SURROUNDED BY PILES. 
Spat of the oysters when it is given out at the spawning season. 
At the proper time the faggots are drawn up, and the young 
bivalves secured. 
Last century, Lord Carnarvon scattered a quantity of these 
FAGGOTS SUSPENDED TO RECEIVE OYSTER SPAT. 
mollusks in the Menai Straits; they increased so rapidly as to 
become a source of considerable income. Following his example, 
the government made similar deposits of oysters, at different 
points round our coasts, with the same effect. This oyster 
