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

  

  Plate 
  XIII. 
  

  

  mm-:--' 
  *''^-' 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  SJs 
  

  

  ^^.■:.m 
  

  

  FIGS, 
  1 
  AND 
  2. 
  OYSTERS 
  FOUR 
  AND 
  FIVE 
  YEARS 
  OLD. 
  RESPECTIVELY. 
  NATURAL 
  SIZE. 
  

   Grown 
  on 
  hard 
  bottom 
  in 
  I.ong 
  Island 
  Sound. 
  

  

  