﻿Report 
  U. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  1897. 
  (.To 
  face 
  page 
  340.) 
  

  

  Plate 
  XII. 
  

  

  ■0^' 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  FIGS. 
  1, 
  2, 
  AND 
  3, 
  OYSTERS 
  ONE, 
  TWO, 
  AND 
  THREE 
  YEARS 
  OLD, 
  RESPECTIVELY. 
  NATURAL 
  SIZE. 
  

   Grown 
  on 
  hard 
  l)Ottom 
  in 
  Loufi 
  Island 
  Sound. 
  

  

  