4 CONTENTS. 



Cultivation — Continued. Page. 



Protection against enemies 36 



Starfish 36 



Drill 37 



Drumfish 38 



Conch 39 



Mussel 39 



Boring sponge 40 



Boring clam 40 



Wafer or "leech" 40 



Taking oysters from the beds 40 



Tongs 40 



Patent tongs 41 



Small tongs and nippers 41 



Tonging boats 41 



Dredges and dredging boats 42 



Unloading at wharf 43 



Floating 43 



Preparation for market or shipment 44 



In the shell 44 



Shucked, on ice 45 



Canning oysters 46 



Disposition of oyster shells 48 



Legal regulations 49 



Bibliography 50 



