ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page. 

 FIG. 1. One of three main sewers emptying untreated sewage into the mouth 



of a river '. 15 



2. Oyster floats in sheltered artificially constructed inlets from the bay. . 21 



3. An abandoned oyster float 21 



4. Two oyster floats anchored in the rear of oysterhouses ,. 22 



5. A closer view of the upper oyster floats shown in fig. 4 23 



6. Oyster floats located near a shucking establishment 24 



7. Dumping city refuse to fill a depression within 50 yards of oyster floats . . 26 



8. View at low tide showing dead hog covered at high tide by water wash- 



ing oysters on a float within 150 feet 27 



9. About 500 boats and as many floats in operation in river 28 



10. Oyster floats between the row of oyster boats (fig. 9) and the shore 29 



11. Shucking oysters 32 



12. Another shucking establishment showing insanitary conditions 32 



13. Clam diggers' huts, where shucking is done 33 



14. Various types of containers for shipping oysters, as used by the trade 36 



15. Comparison of results obtained by handling the same lot of oysters in 



two ways 37 



6 



