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  The 
  day 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  bad 
  one 
  for 
  dredghig, 
  and 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  

   number 
  of 
  dredgers 
  had 
  been 
  at 
  work, 
  and 
  thej 
  had 
  come 
  

   into 
  port 
  much 
  earlier 
  than 
  usual, 
  consequently 
  the 
  average 
  

   and 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  oysters 
  are 
  below 
  the 
  usual 
  figures. 
  On 
  

   the 
  same 
  day, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  young 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  mature 
  oysters 
  that 
  were 
  taken 
  off 
  the 
  beds, 
  I 
  

   had 
  three 
  samples, 
  of 
  a 
  peck 
  each, 
  selected 
  from 
  different 
  ves- 
  

   sels 
  entering 
  the 
  harbor, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  young 
  on 
  the 
  

   shells 
  counted. 
  The 
  vessels 
  were 
  of 
  different 
  sizes 
  and 
  from 
  

   different 
  localities. 
  The 
  results 
  are 
  • 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  : 
  

  

  TABLE 
  II. 
  

  

  Vessel. 
  

  

  ^ 
  ;No 
  OF 
  Young 
  i 
  § 
  

   -S 
  TO 
  THE 
  Peck. 
  

  

  Sloop. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Scliooner 
  

  

  Buckeye 
  

  

  Sloop 
  . 
  ... 
  

  

  Schooner 
  

  

  Schooner 
  

  

  Schooner 
  

  

  Buckeye. 
  

  

  Buckeye 
  . 
  

  

  Schooner 
  

  

  Schooner 
  

  

  Total.. 
  

  

  Localities 
  from 
  which 
  obtained. 
  

  

  1st. 
  I 
  2d. 
  : 
  3d. 
  !a3 
  

  

  13 
  13 
  

  

  72 
  i 
  

  

  30 
  I 
  93 
  1125 
  

  

  15 
  i 
  33 
  

  

  23 
  I 
  73 
  

  

  76 
  

   32 
  

   55- 
  

  

  1 
  

   49 
  

   64 
  

  

  150 
  67 
  

  

  67 
  

   89- 
  

  

  163! 
  508 
  

  

  Tiie 
  small 
  proportion 
  fiom 
  Great 
  

   Rock, 
  the 
  large 
  from 
  Terrapin 
  

   Sands. 
  

  

  Deep 
  Water 
  Rock, 
  Kedge's 
  Sts. 
  

  

  Paul's 
  Rock. 
  

  

  Great 
  Rock. 
  

  

  39 
  

   35 
  

  

  132 
  

  

  I 
  322 
  

  

  j 
  308 
  

  

  ! 
  i93| 
  

  

  57-40| 
  221 
  Great 
  Rock 
  and 
  Thoroughfare 
  

   i 
  4 
  Paul's 
  Rock 
  (Sands). 
  

  

  196 
  Great 
  Rock 
  (northern 
  part). 
  

  

  168 
  Great 
  Rock. 
  

  

  205 
  California 
  Rock. 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  2228 
  

  

  Average 
  202 
  per 
  bushel. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  brought 
  into 
  Crisfield, 
  as 
  

   seen 
  by 
  table 
  number 
  one, 
  amounted 
  in 
  one 
  day 
  to 
  240S, 
  and 
  

   estimating 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  oysters 
  to 
  a 
  bushel 
  to 
  be 
  between 
  

   150 
  or 
  200, 
  we 
  have 
  for 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  one 
  day's 
  fishing 
  from 
  

   301,200 
  to 
  481,600 
  oysters, 
  and 
  about 
  486,000 
  young. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  Sounds, 
  there 
  were 
  twenty- 
  

   four 
  counts 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  dredgers 
  in 
  sight 
  from 
  the 
  vessel. 
  

   In 
  order 
  that 
  some 
  idea 
  may 
  be 
  formed 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  taken 
  by 
  these 
  dredgers, 
  an 
  estimate 
  has 
  been 
  made, 
  based 
  

  

  