NK\\ \OKIx: NOKTIl SHOKK OK I.ONt; ISLAM). :M 7 



I ho shells arc light colored. SOUK- of the shad ami bass arc soul to market, but most ot'iho other 

 lish an- consumed looallv. Capital in\ ostod. !*<"'. 000 in boats ami tools; -".ooo in ov slor b,-,ls. ami 

 $1,000 in nols. Ton thousand bushols of oysters and .'.0.000 bnsliols of liard olains aro marketed. 



(ii;r \ i Nr. K. Tho ovslor bnsinoss is tho principal interest of this hvabty Thoro aio (wotil.v 

 mon engaged in it. of whom ton aro married, and a total of sixt\ t \\ o |>orsons aro dependent upon 

 tlio bnsinoss. All shipments go in boats owned at l.itllo Nock. A total of .*.'. OOO is invested 

 in sooil. 



Poi: r \\ \MUNc, PON. -This plaoo has a greater numbor of persons engaged in o\ storing than 

 an.v other point in tho bay. Two hundred men aro on pi .cod in tho bnsinoss, about oighl\ ol whom 

 are married: and tho whole population, numbering between six hundred ami seven hundred, is de- 

 pendent on the fisheries. The average vc.nl.v sales are: O\ si. is. !i;o.OOO; hard elams, $10,000; soft 

 elams. i-L'OO. There are not tisli enough eaiighl for home eonsnmption. Some aro bought from the 

 eodfish sniaeUs. and some aro brought from New \ .rk to supply the demand. The- railroad does not 

 reach this place, and all shipments go hv boat. Noovstcis .in- opened, and the greater part go to 

 market in bulk in sloops, some coin;; in baskets and barrels hv steamer. Soft elams go in shell, 

 and but few are taken, although in former \oars I hex were plenty. All \ossels ow nod here or in 

 this ba\ hail from New \ork. Thoro are two sloops measuring o\ or 'JO tons. twenl.\ others ranging 

 between 10 and '.'0 tons, ami an equal number of smaller si/o. About $:i.(HMt worth of menhaden 

 are taken \oarlv for manure, and some orabs. perhaps 1.000 barrels, are taken for home oonslimp 

 lion. Some taiitog, or "hlacklish" (T<iiiti> ; iii ttiiilix) are taken, as well as a few sheopshoad. 

 Kormerlv weaktish wore plenty, but few aieloiindal present. All those lish aro eonsiunoil heie. 

 together with about :> tons of flounders. 



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Till l i-iir.uir.s OK I1KMP8TB1B P. \\ . This ba\ has mn.-h Ihe same eharaetor as l.illle N. , k 

 I'.av.bnl does not seem to be so prolific ot ' o\ stors and elams. Perhaps not o\ ei -,.\.'nt\ live men 

 li\ o from tishing and o\ storm.;;. The people li\ in.u at the ba\ ;;i'l most of their lish from New \ oik. 

 except flounders and lomeod i frost lisli^. (^nite a number of small bluelisli aio taken, with an 

 i-ional largo one of ('. to 10 pounds weight. The natural growth of ovsiers heie is poor, and 

 th> planters send south for seed. A lew terrapins were taken some \ears ago, bnl the species has 

 now nearly disappeared. Scallops have also been taken, but not recently. 



K'osi.\ N. -There is no commercial fishing here. Thirty men occasionally I ake for o\ sters and 

 elams, but do not depend ontiroh upon this business. Tho.\ have inerolx a skilf ami a rake. Ihe 

 entire outfit oosfing less than s i;. per man. Of these thiil.v men one half an- man led. ami ha\o 

 forl\ children, making oight\ (ho persons paillv dependent upon Ihe business, perhaps equaling 

 forl\ persons wholly so. Tho\ gather several thousand bushels of ovsiers and a considerable 

 quantity of olaiiu< yearly. Mr. Thomas Clapham, a vaehl builder and well known lishcnllurist, 

 lives here, and has a trout poml, in which )iorsons inav li^h loi an ecpiiv alent. \ oar before ! 

 liesides his revenue from the above source, ho sold *'_'.">0 worth of trout ; last voar >"IO worth, and 

 this vear i* SO vvoiih. One of his ponds covers L 1 aoros. 



i.i r\ UTAH ( i i i NVV i in nV There aio lill.v men lishin.u for clams and ovsiers in this local it. v . 

 Thirl v li\ c of these are married, and a total of two hundred persons arc dependent on the hiisinoM. 

 There are two sloops measuring I"-' tons each, live moasiiinm '. Ions each, and three of I l.m-. 01 

 101 tons in all. Most of the products are shipped bv boat, onl.v !.'>."> b irrels of ovsiers and clams 

 going bv rail in tho vear ending .Inne .".0, ISSO. 



ii IN < "\ K. There are tiff eon men lishing for elams and oysters here; ten of these are mar 



