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  accessible 
  oyster 
  beds 
  is 
  near 
  or 
  remote, 
  it 
  is 
  sure 
  to 
  force 
  

   itself 
  upon 
  lis 
  some 
  time. 
  If 
  we 
  wait 
  for 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  

   remedy 
  will 
  be 
  slow 
  and 
  expensive, 
  but 
  prevention 
  of 
  the 
  

   danger 
  in 
  time 
  would 
  not 
  necessarily 
  be 
  attended 
  with 
  any 
  

   very 
  great 
  expense. 
  

  

  The 
  investigation 
  into 
  the 
  hydrography 
  and 
  general 
  condi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  beds 
  of 
  Tangier 
  and 
  Pokamoke 
  Sounds, 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  ably 
  conducted 
  by 
  Captain 
  Winslow, 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Coast 
  Survey, 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  summers, 
  

   will 
  supply 
  the 
  necessary 
  information 
  ; 
  and 
  should 
  these 
  inves- 
  

   tigations 
  show 
  that 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  beds 
  are 
  in 
  immediate 
  need 
  

   of 
  artificial 
  help 
  to 
  save 
  them 
  from 
  destruction, 
  I 
  hope 
  that 
  

   the 
  observations 
  I 
  have 
  detailed 
  in 
  this 
  paper 
  may 
  point 
  to 
  

   the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  help 
  may 
  be 
  given. 
  

  

  