﻿OYSTER 
  BOTTOMS 
  OF 
  LAVACA 
  BAY, 
  TEX. 
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  Details 
  of 
  Examination 
  of 
  Mitchell 
  Point 
  Reef. 
  

  

  Between 
  Mitchell 
  Point 
  Reef 
  and 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  Chocolate 
  Bay 
  

   lies 
  a 
  small 
  lump, 
  150 
  yards 
  by 
  300 
  yards 
  in 
  extent. 
  The 
  oysters 
  of 
  

   this 
  lump 
  are 
  of 
  poor 
  quality, 
  clustered, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  snapper 
  type; 
  

   they 
  are 
  not 
  fished 
  for 
  market. 
  

  

  POINT 
  COMFORT 
  BEDS. 
  

  

  Within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  these 
  beds, 
  which 
  lie 
  one-half 
  mile 
  northwest 
  

   of 
  Point 
  Comfort, 
  there 
  are 
  six 
  lumps, 
  one 
  large 
  and 
  five 
  small 
  ones. 
  

   The 
  largest 
  is 
  roughly 
  heart-shaped 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  one-third 
  mile 
  by 
  

   one-half 
  mile 
  in 
  extent, 
  while 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  small 
  irregular 
  patches! 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  large 
  lump 
  two 
  stations 
  were 
  made, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  showed 
  

   comparatively 
  soft 
  bottoms. 
  At 
  one 
  station 
  the 
  oysters 
  were 
  scat- 
  

   tering 
  and 
  on 
  black 
  shells 
  in 
  soft 
  mud 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  there 
  were 
  large 
  

   irregular 
  clusters. 
  A 
  station 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  small 
  lump 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   largest 
  revealed 
  a 
  soft 
  bottom 
  and 
  shells 
  burrowed 
  by 
  the 
  little 
  bor- 
  

   ing 
  clam 
  Martesia. 
  There 
  were 
  many 
  mussels 
  and 
  also 
  some 
  barna- 
  

   cles 
  and 
  yellow 
  sponge. 
  The 
  oysters 
  of 
  these 
  beds 
  are 
  of 
  new 
  growth 
  

   and 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  fished 
  for 
  the 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  remaining 
  four 
  lumps, 
  comprising 
  24 
  acres, 
  were 
  located 
  and 
  

   have 
  been 
  plotted 
  on 
  the 
  chart, 
  but 
  the 
  character 
  and 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  

   oysters 
  were 
  undetermined. 
  The 
  following 
  tables 
  furnish 
  further 
  data 
  

   of 
  a 
  general 
  character. 
  

  

  