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  OYSTEE 
  BOTTOMS 
  OF 
  LAVACA 
  BA1% 
  TEX. 
  

  

  those 
  on 
  the 
  less 
  densely 
  populated 
  Sand 
  Point 
  Reef. 
  The 
  bed 
  was 
  

   tonged 
  tlirough 
  the 
  season 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  tonger 
  could 
  take 
  about 
  4 
  

   barrels 
  per 
  day. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  drills 
  were 
  found 
  and 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  yellow 
  boring 
  

   sponge. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  bed: 
  

  

  Details 
  op 
  Examination 
  op 
  Middle 
  Ground 
  Reep. 
  

  

  sta- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Date 
  of 
  

   examina- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Depth 
  

  

  of 
  

   water. 
  

  

  Area 
  

   cov- 
  

   ered. 
  

  

  Oysters 
  caught 
  per 
  

   square 
  yard. 
  

  

  Spat. 
  Culls. 
  Counts 
  

  

  Shells 
  

  

  per 
  

  

  square 
  

  

  yard. 
  

  

  Estimated 
  quantity 
  

   oysters 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  Seed. 
  

  

  Market. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Character 
  

   of 
  oyster 
  

   growth. 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  83 
  

  

  84 
  

  

  85 
  

  

  86 
  

  

  87 
  

  

  90 
  

  

  91 
  

  

  102 
  

  

  103 
  

  

  104 
  

  

  105 
  

  

  106 
  

  

  107 
  

  

  108 
  

  

  113 
  

  

  114 
  

  

  115 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  109 
  

  

  112 
  

  

  1913. 
  

  

  Mar. 
  5 
  

   ...do.... 
  

  

  Mar. 
  6 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do... 
  

   ...do 
  ... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

  

  Mar. 
  10 
  

  

  Mar. 
  11 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

  

  Mar. 
  13 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

  

  Mar. 
  6 
  

  

  Mar. 
  13 
  

   ...do.... 
  

  

  Feet. 
  

   4.0 
  

   5.0 
  

   5.5 
  

   6.0 
  

   5.5 
  

   5.5 
  

   5.5 
  

   4.0 
  

   5.0 
  

   4.0 
  

   5.C 
  

   5.0 
  

   6.0 
  

   6.0 
  

   6.5 
  

   5.5 
  

   6.5 
  

   6.0 
  

   6.0 
  

   6.0 
  

   5.0 
  

   4.5 
  

   4.5 
  

   5.0 
  

   6.5 
  

   5.5 
  

   6.0 
  

   6.5 
  

   6.0 
  

   6.0 
  

   5.5 
  

   4.5 
  

   8.5 
  

   5.5 
  

   7.0 
  

   7.0 
  

  

  Sq. 
  yds. 
  

   2.65 
  

   1.59 
  

   1.99 
  

   1.39 
  

   1.99 
  

   1.99 
  

   1.99 
  

   1.99 
  

   1.59 
  

   1.99 
  

   1.59 
  

   2.12 
  

   1.86 
  

   1.86 
  

   1.82 
  

   1.99 
  

   4.17 
  

   5.21 
  

   3.91 
  

   3.91 
  

   4.41 
  

   1.56 
  

   4.73 
  

   5.90 
  

   3.13 
  

   4.17 
  

   3.90 
  

   1.82 
  

   1.39 
  

   1.39 
  

   1.99 
  

   1.79 
  

   2.00 
  

   2.12 
  

   1.79 
  

   1.79 
  

  

  31.6 
  

   18.3 
  

   53.8 
  

   10.8 
  

   25.6 
  

   31.2 
  

   33.2 
  

   22.1 
  

   34.6 
  

   23.2 
  

   28.9 
  

  

  7.6 
  

   21.5 
  

   20.4 
  

   14.3 
  

   74.8 
  

  

  6.0 
  

  

  9.6 
  

   21.0 
  

   15.2 
  

   16.1 
  

  

  3.8 
  

   19.2 
  

   101.0 
  

   86.0 
  

   70.5 
  

   108.5 
  

   32.9 
  

   51.7 
  

   10.1 
  

   12.1 
  

   61.9 
  

   14.0 
  

   43.0 
  

   35.2 
  

   16.7 
  

  

  17.7 
  

   17.6 
  

   37.2 
  

   17.3 
  

   15.6 
  

   31.6 
  

   32.2 
  

   36.2 
  

   40.8 
  

   36.7 
  

   48.5 
  

   12.8 
  

   22.1 
  

   19.9 
  

   15.4 
  

   57.8 
  

   7.5 
  

   10.2 
  

   12.3 
  

   15.4 
  

   19.8 
  

   17.3 
  

   18.9 
  

   84.5 
  

   105.0 
  

   79.2 
  

   74.7 
  

   39.5 
  

   56.1 
  

   40.0 
  

   17.1 
  

   75.9 
  

   14.5 
  

   35.0 
  

   39.6 
  

   19.7 
  

  

  23.0 
  

   17.6 
  

   55.3 
  

   12.3 
  

   35.7 
  

   40.2 
  

   69.9 
  

   38.7 
  

   52.8 
  

   51.8 
  

   47.2 
  

   19.5 
  

   27.1 
  

   30.6 
  

   19.8 
  

   55.5 
  

   5.8 
  

   8.4 
  

   20.5 
  

   20.5 
  

   38.6 
  

   21.2 
  

   28.9 
  

   53.8 
  

   107.0 
  

   78.5 
  

   72.5 
  

   38.4 
  

   60.4 
  

   38.8 
  

   16.1 
  

   75.9 
  

   15.0 
  

   6.2 
  

   5.6 
  

   5.0 
  

  

  Bush. 
  

  

  578 
  

  

  430 
  

  

  1,092 
  

  

  338 
  

  

  496 
  

  

  759 
  

  

  789 
  

  

  704 
  

  

  909 
  

  

  722 
  

  

  934 
  

  

  246 
  

  

  526 
  

  

  485 
  

  

  359 
  

  

  1,601 
  

  

  163 
  

  

  239 
  

  

  402 
  

  

  371 
  

  

  434 
  

  

  255 
  

  

  578 
  

  

  2,241 
  

  

  2,312 
  

  

  1,805 
  

  

  1,780 
  

  

  874 
  

  

  1,302 
  

  

  607 
  

  

  353 
  

  

  1,669 
  

  

  344 
  

  

  937 
  

  

  906 
  

  

  440 
  

  

  Bush. 
  

  

  555 
  

  

  428 
  

  

  1,336 
  

  

  299 
  

  

  862 
  

  

  971 
  

  

  1,687 
  

  

  937 
  

  

  1,279 
  

  

  1,2.54 
  

  

  1,141 
  

  

  472 
  

  

  657 
  

  

  740 
  

  

  478 
  

  

  1,464 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  218 
  

  

  530 
  

  

  530 
  

  

  998 
  

  

  550 
  

  

  749 
  

  

  1,299 
  

  

  2,582 
  

  

  1,893 
  

  

  1,746 
  

  

  927 
  

  

  1,457 
  

  

  936 
  

  

  389 
  

  

  1,830 
  

  

  362 
  

  

  149 
  

  

  135 
  

  

  128 
  

  

  Bush. 
  

   1,133 
  

  

  858 
  

   2,428 
  

  

  637 
  

   1,358 
  

   1,730 
  

   2,476 
  

   1,641 
  

   2,188 
  

   1,976 
  

   2, 
  075 
  

  

  718 
  

   1,183 
  

   1,225 
  

  

  837 
  

   3,065 
  

  

  313 
  

  

  457 
  

  

  932 
  

  

  901 
  

   1,432 
  

  

  805 
  

   1,327 
  

   3,540 
  

   4,894 
  

   3,698 
  

   3,526 
  

   1,801 
  

   2,759 
  

   1,543 
  

  

  742 
  

   3,499 
  

  

  706 
  

   1,086 
  

   1,041 
  

  

  568 
  

  

  Dense. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

   Scattering. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  Do. 
  

  

  OLD 
  TOWN 
  BED. 
  

  

  This 
  bed, 
  which 
  is 
  rudely 
  triangular 
  in 
  shape, 
  with 
  the 
  broader 
  

   end 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  near 
  the 
  

   entrance. 
  It 
  is 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  bed 
  by 
  a 
  channel 
  about 
  

   11 
  to 
  12 
  feet 
  deep. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  \\ 
  miles 
  long 
  by 
  one-third 
  mUe 
  

   wide, 
  and 
  including 
  the 
  small 
  lump 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  contains 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  342 
  acres. 
  The 
  depth 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  is 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  4^ 
  

   feet, 
  while 
  the 
  greatest 
  depth, 
  that 
  of 
  6^ 
  to 
  7\ 
  feet, 
  is 
  along 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  and 
  eastern 
  borders. 
  

  

  The 
  oysters 
  of 
  this 
  bed 
  are 
  frequently 
  covered 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  with 
  

   yellow 
  sponge, 
  and 
  they 
  usually 
  occur 
  in 
  large 
  irregular 
  clusters 
  with 
  

   sharp 
  edges. 
  But 
  few 
  driUs 
  were 
  observed. 
  

  

  