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  OYSTER 
  BOTTOMS 
  OF 
  LAVACA 
  BAY, 
  TEX. 
  

   Details 
  of 
  Examination 
  of 
  Sand 
  Point 
  Reef. 
  

  

  The 
  areas 
  of 
  more 
  scanty 
  growth 
  he 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  bed, 
  the 
  dense 
  growth 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  parts 
  contiguous 
  to 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ground. 
  The 
  bottom 
  over 
  practically 
  the 
  entire 
  bed 
  is 
  hard, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  preponderance 
  of 
  sand. 
  The 
  oysters 
  for 
  Sand 
  Point 
  

   Reef 
  were, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  survey, 
  superior 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  fatness 
  to 
  

   those 
  from 
  adjacent 
  beds. 
  

  

  LUMPS 
  NORTHEAST 
  OF 
  SAND 
  POINT 
  REEF. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  lump 
  of 
  5 
  acres 
  about 
  one-half 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   east 
  of 
  Sand 
  Point 
  Reef. 
  One 
  station 
  was 
  made 
  which 
  disclosed 
  23.6 
  

   counts 
  and 
  24 
  shells 
  per 
  square 
  yard. 
  Between 
  this 
  lump 
  and 
  Sand 
  

   Point 
  Reef 
  the 
  bottom 
  is 
  generally 
  hard 
  and 
  affords 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   scattered 
  and 
  irregular 
  clusters 
  rather 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  line, 
  but 
  does 
  

   not 
  interfere 
  with 
  seining. 
  There 
  were 
  formerly 
  oysters 
  of 
  good 
  

   quality 
  here, 
  although 
  they 
  were 
  never 
  dense, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   practically 
  fished 
  out. 
  

  

  A 
  patch 
  contaming 
  67 
  acres 
  of 
  very 
  scattering 
  oysters 
  is 
  located 
  

   near 
  the 
  main 
  reef 
  off 
  Sand 
  Point. 
  The 
  bottom 
  is 
  hard 
  sand 
  and 
  the 
  

   shells 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  covered 
  with 
  yellow 
  sponge. 
  

  

  The 
  conditions 
  on 
  these 
  unimportant 
  patches 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  table: 
  

  

  Oyster 
  Growth 
  on 
  Lumps 
  Northeast 
  of 
  Sand 
  Point 
  Reef. 
  

  

  