﻿[5] 
  OYSTER 
  INVESTIGATION 
  WITH 
  LOOKOUT. 
  161 
  

  

  shells 
  taken 
  at 
  both 
  places, 
  and 
  both 
  oysters 
  and 
  shells 
  were 
  quite 
  slnn;y 
  

   and 
  of 
  a 
  bad 
  odor. 
  The 
  meats 
  were 
  all 
  thin 
  and 
  very 
  green. 
  The 
  tem- 
  

   perature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  7G° 
  and 
  the 
  density 
  1.0070. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  long 
  

   after 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  flood, 
  and 
  the 
  depth 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  about 
  3 
  fathoms 
  

   in 
  both 
  places. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  25th 
  the 
  first 
  dredging 
  was 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  Irviugton 
  bed 
  

   in 
  11 
  feet 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  tide 
  was 
  hardly 
  one-quarter 
  ebb, 
  and 
  we 
  

   found 
  the 
  density 
  accordingly 
  somewhat 
  greater 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  dav 
  

   at 
  Englewood, 
  it 
  being 
  1.0028 
  and 
  the 
  temperature 
  73°. 
  We 
  obtained 
  

   fifty-three 
  oysters 
  and 
  some 
  shells. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  oysters 
  showed 
  traces 
  

   of 
  green 
  coloration 
  ; 
  otherwise 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  fair 
  condition. 
  There 
  was 
  

   not 
  much 
  refuse 
  material 
  taken 
  from 
  this 
  bed. 
  This 
  bed 
  is 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  

   last 
  one 
  up 
  the 
  river; 
  but 
  the 
  one 
  near 
  Nyack, 
  while 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  

   prolific 
  bed, 
  lies 
  in 
  too 
  shoal 
  water 
  to 
  be 
  dredged 
  from 
  the 
  steamer, 
  so 
  

   sve 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  pass 
  it 
  by 
  or 
  rather 
  not 
  go 
  up 
  to 
  it. 
  At 
  Hound 
  Kock 
  

   bed 
  only 
  seven 
  oysters 
  were 
  obtained, 
  together 
  with 
  some 
  shells, 
  but 
  

   no 
  refuse. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  large 
  bed, 
  and, 
  like 
  all 
  the 
  Hudson 
  Kiver 
  beds, 
  

   lies 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  shore. 
  The 
  meats 
  of 
  the 
  oysters 
  obtained 
  here 
  showed 
  

   hardly 
  any 
  traces 
  of 
  green 
  coloration. 
  Density, 
  1.003 
  ; 
  temperature 
  73°. 
  

   At 
  Dobb's 
  Ferry, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  dock, 
  in 
  2| 
  fathoms 
  of 
  water, 
  twenty-five 
  

   oysters 
  were 
  obtained, 
  with 
  many 
  shells 
  and 
  some 
  refuse. 
  All 
  the 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  were 
  small 
  and 
  the 
  meats 
  slightly 
  green. 
  Density, 
  1.0031; 
  tem- 
  

   perature, 
  73°. 
  At 
  Hastings 
  the 
  bed 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  skirting 
  the 
  

   shore 
  for 
  some 
  distance 
  below 
  the 
  wharf. 
  The 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  bed 
  was 
  only 
  9 
  feet 
  deep, 
  so 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  dredge 
  it 
  very 
  satis- 
  

   factorily, 
  and 
  obtained 
  only 
  twelve 
  oysters. 
  There 
  were 
  many 
  shells 
  

   and 
  rocks 
  and 
  some 
  refuse. 
  The 
  oysters 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  thrifty 
  and 
  in 
  

   good 
  condition. 
  They 
  showed 
  little, 
  if 
  any, 
  green 
  color. 
  Density, 
  1.0032 
  ; 
  

   temperature, 
  73°. 
  Willow 
  bed 
  is 
  also 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  but 
  in 
  deeper 
  

   water. 
  We 
  made 
  our 
  dredgiugs 
  in 
  2J 
  fathoms, 
  and 
  obtained 
  five 
  oys- 
  

   ters, 
  some 
  refuse, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  shells. 
  The 
  meats 
  were 
  thin 
  

   and 
  quite 
  green. 
  Density, 
  1.004; 
  temperature, 
  73°. 
  

  

  Off 
  Yonkers 
  wo 
  obtained 
  twenty 
  oysters 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2 
  : 
  J; 
  fathoms. 
  

   There 
  were 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  shells, 
  but 
  little 
  refuse. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  oysters 
  

   were 
  of 
  fair 
  size 
  and 
  in 
  very 
  good 
  condition, 
  with 
  very 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  

   green 
  coloration. 
  Density, 
  1.004 
  ; 
  temperature, 
  73°. 
  The 
  Lame 
  Man's 
  

   bed, 
  which 
  is 
  next 
  south 
  of 
  Willow 
  bed, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  beds 
  in 
  the 
  

   river, 
  and 
  great 
  quantities 
  of 
  seed 
  are 
  obtained 
  from 
  it. 
  Wo 
  obtained 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  and 
  two 
  oysters 
  from 
  it, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  of 
  good 
  size 
  

   and 
  shape. 
  The 
  meats, 
  however, 
  while 
  being 
  pretty 
  well 
  filled, 
  were 
  of 
  

   a 
  somewhat 
  greenish 
  tint. 
  A 
  good 
  many 
  clean 
  dead 
  shells 
  were 
  also 
  

   obtained, 
  and 
  five 
  hard 
  crabs. 
  Density, 
  1.0045. 
  At 
  Mount 
  St. 
  Vincent 
  

   bed 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  take 
  consisted 
  of 
  dead 
  shells, 
  most 
  of 
  which' 
  

   were 
  quite 
  clean. 
  We 
  obtained 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  oysters, 
  the 
  

   meats 
  being 
  in 
  fair 
  condition, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  tinge 
  of 
  green. 
  Density, 
  

   1 
  .0047. 
  At 
  Riverside 
  bed 
  we 
  obtained 
  more 
  oysters 
  than 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  

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