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OTHER FISHERIES 



There are also to be found in the local waters the cele- 

 brated diamond-back terrapins, which, in recent years, have 

 become one of the choicest of delicacies that can be found 

 on the table of an epicure. A large and permanent fishery 

 of these terrapins is located on Grand Island, owned by 

 John Ludwig, Jr., who has been actively engaged in the 

 terrapin industry for the past twenty years. 



Redfish and other salt-water species of the finny tribe 

 abound along the local coast and are caught and marketed 

 in great numbers. These, however, are only sidelights of 

 the real fisheries. 



Alligators, too, are very plentiful in the bayous and fur- 

 nish supplies for the California and Hot Springs, Ark., 

 farms, where they are exhibited and where expensive and 

 useful bags and furnishings are made from their skins. One 

 establishment in New Orleans gathered several hundred 

 alligators, ranging from the infants to older ones twelve 

 feet in length. These are crated and shipped like so many 

 cattle and bring a good price in a rather limited market. 



