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  Rock, 
  Drum-Bay-Point 
  Rock, 
  Trevise's 
  Rock, 
  Shell 
  Rock, 
  

   Buoy 
  Spit 
  Rock, 
  Muddy 
  Marsh 
  Rocks, 
  Bird 
  Rocks, 
  Hern 
  

   Island 
  Rock, 
  Beach 
  Island 
  Rock, 
  Parker's 
  Rock, 
  and 
  Brig 
  

   Rock. 
  

  

  In 
  considering 
  and 
  describing 
  the 
  beds 
  I 
  shall 
  separate 
  tiie 
  

   first 
  ten 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  subjected 
  to 
  very 
  

   similar 
  conditions 
  of 
  bottom, 
  current, 
  and 
  density 
  of 
  water, 
  

   shall 
  treat 
  them 
  under 
  one 
  head, 
  as 
  the 
  Pocomoke 
  Rocks. 
  

  

  SCATTERED 
  OYSTERS 
  IN 
  POCOMOKE 
  SOUND. 
  

  

  The 
  area 
  covered 
  by 
  scattered 
  oysters 
  is 
  only 
  approximate, 
  

   it 
  being 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  accurately 
  define 
  the 
  limits. 
  Gener- 
  

   ally 
  speaking 
  the 
  one 
  fathom 
  curve 
  will 
  nearly 
  mark 
  the 
  in- 
  

   shore 
  limit, 
  while 
  the 
  soft 
  muddy 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  channel 
  

   will 
  define 
  the 
  outer 
  one. 
  The 
  depth 
  of 
  water 
  over 
  the 
  scat- 
  

   tered 
  oysters 
  and 
  th^ 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  bottom 
  can 
  be 
  ascer- 
  

   tained 
  by 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  chart. 
  No 
  oysters 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  deep 
  channels 
  nor 
  on 
  the 
  shoal 
  sand 
  spits. 
  

  

  The 
  oysters 
  are 
  scattered 
  singly 
  and 
  in 
  groups, 
  but 
  usually 
  

   grow 
  singly, 
  though 
  numbers 
  of 
  small 
  beds 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  

   yards 
  area 
  are 
  included 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  scattered 
  oysters. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Messongo 
  and 
  Guilford 
  Creeks, 
  the 
  

   oysters 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  scattered 
  in 
  that 
  manner, 
  the 
  spaces 
  between 
  

   the 
  groups 
  being 
  proportional 
  to 
  their 
  sizes. 
  Yery 
  few 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  are 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  shoal 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  channel 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Muddy 
  Marsh. 
  In 
  the 
  channel 
  

   itself 
  no 
  oysters 
  were 
  found. 
  Opposite 
  Beach 
  Island, 
  in 
  from 
  

   thirteen 
  to 
  fourteen 
  fathoms, 
  a 
  few 
  clams 
  and 
  shells 
  were 
  

   brought 
  up. 
  In 
  this 
  case, 
  however, 
  the 
  bottom 
  was 
  of 
  hard 
  

   sand. 
  

  

  The 
  area 
  covered, 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent 
  by 
  the 
  scat- 
  

   tered 
  oysters 
  comprises 
  122,117.500 
  square 
  yards, 
  or 
  29.599 
  

   square 
  nautical 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  proportion 
  of 
  oysters 
  over 
  this 
  area, 
  as 
  near 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  

   ascertain, 
  was 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventeen 
  thousandths 
  

   to 
  the 
  square 
  yard. 
  

  

  