﻿ment, 
  and 
  tlien 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  paper 
  in 
  a 
  second 
  part, 
  de- 
  

   voted 
  to 
  a 
  minute 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  figures, 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  

   the 
  theoretical 
  and 
  comparative 
  bearings 
  of 
  my 
  observations 
  

   and 
  a 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  observations 
  and 
  views 
  of 
  others. 
  

  

  The 
  place 
  which 
  was 
  selected 
  was 
  excellently 
  fitted 
  for 
  the 
  

   work. 
  The 
  town 
  of 
  Crisfield, 
  Md., 
  is 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  

   of 
  Tangier 
  and 
  Pokomoke 
  Sounds, 
  two 
  large 
  and 
  wide 
  but 
  

   shallow 
  sheets 
  of 
  water, 
  whose 
  muddy 
  bottoms 
  abound 
  in 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  quality. 
  The 
  town 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  centres 
  of 
  the 
  oyster-packing 
  industry, 
  and 
  is 
  built 
  in 
  

   the 
  water 
  upon 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  the 
  oysters, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   shipped 
  to 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  for 
  consumption. 
  As 
  fast 
  

   as 
  the 
  oysters 
  are 
  opened 
  the 
  shells 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  build 
  up 
  new 
  

   land, 
  and 
  with 
  them 
  a 
  large 
  peninsula 
  has 
  been 
  formed, 
  

   stretching 
  out 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  low 
  marshy 
  

   shore 
  towards 
  the 
  oyster 
  beds, 
  and 
  furnishing 
  room 
  for 
  wide 
  

   streets, 
  a 
  railroad 
  and 
  a 
  steamboat 
  landing, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   large 
  packing 
  houses 
  and 
  the 
  shops 
  and 
  dwellings 
  for 
  a 
  popu- 
  

   lation 
  of 
  several 
  thousand 
  people. 
  A 
  single 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  long, 
  

   white, 
  solid 
  streets 
  and 
  docks 
  of 
  this 
  singular 
  town 
  would 
  

   convey 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  vivid 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  oyster-packing 
  industry 
  

   than 
  any 
  number 
  of 
  tables 
  of 
  statistics. 
  

  

  I 
  found 
  everybody 
  greatly 
  interested 
  in 
  all 
  that 
  relates 
  to 
  

   the 
  oyster, 
  and 
  ready 
  to 
  give 
  me 
  every 
  help 
  in 
  my 
  work, 
  

   but 
  I 
  am 
  especially 
  indebted 
  to 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Gunby, 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  S. 
  

   Hodson 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Lawson 
  for 
  many 
  kindly 
  favors, 
  which 
  

   not 
  only 
  enabled 
  me 
  to 
  work 
  to 
  the 
  greatest 
  advantage, 
  but 
  

   also 
  rendered 
  my 
  stay 
  among 
  them 
  very 
  pleasant. 
  

  

  BREEDING 
  HABITS 
  OF 
  THE 
  AMERICAN 
  OYSTER. 
  

  

  Our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  is 
  derived 
  

   from 
  the 
  fragmentary 
  observations 
  of 
  various 
  German, 
  French, 
  

   English 
  and 
  Russian 
  embryologists, 
  whose 
  work 
  wuU 
  be 
  no- 
  

   ticed 
  at 
  length 
  further 
  on. 
  While 
  the 
  subject 
  has 
  received 
  

   the 
  attention 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  observers, 
  no 
  one 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  

   to 
  get 
  anything 
  like 
  a 
  complete 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  stages 
  of 
  

   development, 
  and 
  I 
  approached 
  my 
  work 
  without 
  hope 
  of 
  ac- 
  

  

  