﻿OYSTER 
  REGIONS 
  OF 
  APALACHICOLA 
  BAY, 
  ETC. 
  209 
  

  

  The 
  oysters 
  on 
  this 
  bar 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  characteristics 
  as 
  Pelican 
  Bar 
  

   and 
  the 
  bar 
  westward 
  of 
  Pelican 
  Bar. 
  

  

  Area 
  of 
  scattered 
  grou-th 
  along 
  the 
  south 
  shore. 
  — 
  All 
  along 
  the 
  north 
  

   shore 
  of 
  St. 
  George 
  Island, 
  from 
  a 
  point 
  1 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  New 
  Inlet, 
  is 
  

   a 
  narrow 
  strip 
  of 
  oyster 
  growth, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  scattered, 
  extending 
  ont 
  

   from 
  the 
  shore 
  abont 
  an 
  eighth 
  of 
  a 
  mile. 
  Scattering 
  oysters 
  also 
  are 
  

   fonnd 
  in 
  the 
  small 
  inlets, 
  creeks, 
  and 
  bays 
  along 
  the 
  shore. 
  These 
  

   oysters 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  inferior 
  qnality 
  and 
  are 
  mostly 
  of 
  the 
  raccoon 
  type, 
  

   those 
  close 
  inshore 
  being 
  exposed 
  at 
  low 
  water. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  taken 
  

   for 
  marketable 
  pnrposes. 
  

  

  Area 
  of 
  old 
  beds 
  ichcre 
  no 
  lire 
  oysters 
  arc 
  now 
  found. 
  — 
  Between 
  Cedar 
  

   Point 
  and 
  Norman's 
  Bar, 
  and 
  abont 
  WXW. 
  from 
  Pelican 
  Bar, 
  is 
  an 
  

   area 
  of 
  285 
  acres 
  which 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  old 
  oyster 
  shells, 
  and 
  which 
  

   was 
  formerly 
  a 
  good 
  oyster 
  bed. 
  This 
  extinct 
  bed 
  extends 
  li 
  miles 
  in 
  

   a 
  northwest-and-sontheast 
  direction, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  general 
  width 
  of 
  nearly 
  

   three-eighths 
  of 
  a 
  mile. 
  No 
  oysters 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  this 
  area. 
  The 
  loss 
  

   of 
  the 
  bed 
  is 
  attributable 
  to 
  the 
  hurricane 
  which 
  destroyed 
  St. 
  Vincent 
  

   Bar. 
  The 
  in'esent 
  i)osition 
  of 
  ])uoy 
  No. 
  8 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  portion 
  of 
  

   this 
  area, 
  and 
  the 
  channel 
  to 
  Carrabelle, 
  that 
  always 
  has 
  been 
  used, 
  

   crosses 
  it 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  buoy. 
  A 
  much 
  better 
  channel, 
  with 
  8 
  feet 
  

   at 
  mean 
  low 
  water, 
  was 
  developed 
  by 
  the 
  survey. 
  It 
  lies 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  

   this 
  area 
  above 
  described. 
  

  

  Good 
  planting-gronnd 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Apalachicola 
  Bay. 
  — 
  The 
  

   area 
  best 
  suited 
  for 
  oyster 
  cultivation 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Apalach- 
  

   icola 
  Bay 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  St. 
  George 
  Island, 
  just 
  cast 
  of 
  

   Pelican 
  Bar, 
  to 
  the 
  extinct 
  bed 
  before 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  terminates 
  some- 
  

   what 
  beyond 
  it, 
  at 
  a 
  long, 
  narrow 
  oyster 
  bed. 
  It 
  j^ractically 
  covers 
  a 
  

   long 
  spit 
  or 
  shoal 
  that 
  makes 
  out 
  from 
  St. 
  George 
  Island 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  

   northwesterly 
  direction 
  for 
  over 
  4 
  miles. 
  The 
  planting-ground 
  also 
  

   covers 
  L'le 
  area 
  about 
  Pelican 
  Bar 
  and 
  the 
  small 
  oyster 
  beds 
  to 
  the 
  

   westward 
  and 
  eastward 
  of 
  it. 
  The 
  extinct 
  bed 
  can 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  

   planting-ground. 
  The 
  bottom 
  consists 
  almost 
  entirely 
  of 
  hard 
  sand, 
  

   except 
  over 
  such 
  portions 
  as 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  shell. 
  The 
  density, 
  tem- 
  

   perature, 
  and 
  currents 
  are 
  all 
  favorable 
  to 
  oyster-culture. 
  

  

  Adjoining 
  this 
  ground 
  and 
  extending 
  along 
  the 
  southern 
  shore 
  of 
  

   the 
  bar 
  to 
  within 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  New 
  Inlet 
  is 
  another 
  large 
  area 
  that 
  also 
  

   may 
  be 
  considered 
  suitable 
  for 
  planting, 
  although 
  in 
  a 
  somewhat 
  less 
  

   degree 
  than 
  the 
  area 
  just 
  described, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  greater 
  density 
  

   of 
  the 
  water. 
  The 
  ground 
  makes 
  out 
  nearly 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  shore, 
  

   except 
  oft" 
  Cedar 
  Point, 
  where 
  it 
  s])reads 
  out 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  1| 
  miles. 
  

   The 
  whole 
  area 
  of 
  ground 
  suitable 
  for 
  planting, 
  inclusive 
  of 
  the 
  extinct 
  

   bed, 
  is 
  2,673 
  acres. 
  

  

  Between 
  Pelican 
  Bar 
  and 
  Norman's 
  Bar 
  is 
  a 
  comparatively 
  small 
  

   area 
  of 
  hard 
  bottom 
  suitable 
  for 
  planting; 
  it 
  contains 
  S2 
  acres. 
  Its 
  

   general 
  direction 
  is 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  for 
  nearly 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  mile, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  Avide. 
  It 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  soft 
  mnd. 
  

  

  Another 
  phinting 
  area, 
  containing 
  175 
  square 
  acres, 
  surrounds 
  the 
  

   F. 
  K. 
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