day a new portion of the selected area is buoyed, and there 

 is thus no overcrowdins^. In 1905 all the transplanted 

 mussels were deposited in the " Einghole," a local name 

 for that portion of Morecambe channel extending from 

 the West End Pier to about midway between the old 

 harbour and Central Pier. At the end of the operations 

 the " Kinghole " was inspected at a very low ebb by one 



Fig. 5. — A loaded boat and fishermen using the craani. 



of us, wlien it was found that the bottom was well covered 

 witli mussels and all had become attached. The illus- 

 trations in the text are reproductions from photog-raphs 

 laken on April 15th. On that date sixty-four men and 

 thirty-two boats were emploj'ed and forty-eight tons of 

 mussels were transplanted in a single tide. 



The money voted for re-stocking cockle beds resulted 

 in the transplanting of about -'(00 bags at Lytham and 

 '^'liO bags at Soiithport. 



