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  upon 
  table 
  number 
  two, 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  and 
  joung 
  

   carried 
  off 
  the 
  beds. 
  In 
  forming 
  the 
  estimate, 
  all 
  the 
  vessels 
  in 
  

   the 
  Sonnd 
  were 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  classes. 
  The 
  lirst 
  being 
  an 
  

   assemblage 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  different 
  craft, 
  the 
  second 
  only 
  the 
  smal- 
  

   ler 
  classes, 
  and 
  the 
  third, 
  where 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  were 
  small, 
  

   and 
  the 
  remainder 
  large 
  craft. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  sail 
  counted 
  

   were 
  then 
  placed 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  classes, 
  we 
  having 
  observed 
  

   when 
  among 
  the 
  dredgers 
  the 
  particular 
  class 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  ves- 
  

   sel 
  nsuallj 
  working 
  over 
  a 
  particular 
  ground. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  

   ascertain 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  to 
  each 
  vessel, 
  the 
  total 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  bushels 
  brought 
  in 
  [2408] 
  was 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  sails 
  [57.], 
  which 
  would 
  give 
  forty-two 
  bushels 
  as 
  the 
  average 
  

   to 
  a 
  sail. 
  ' 
  A 
  closer 
  estimate 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  table 
  i^o. 
  2, 
  where 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  assigned 
  to 
  each 
  craft 
  is 
  that 
  given 
  by 
  

   their 
  master. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  TSSl], 
  divided 
  by 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  sail 
  [12], 
  gives 
  forty 
  -five 
  and 
  a 
  fraction 
  as 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  bushels 
  to 
  each 
  sail. 
  I 
  have 
  divided 
  by 
  twelve 
  in- 
  

   stead 
  of 
  eleven, 
  because 
  the 
  last 
  number 
  in 
  table 
  No. 
  2 
  was 
  

   the 
  result 
  of 
  two 
  days' 
  dredging. 
  , 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  per 
  sail 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  class, 
  

   by 
  table 
  No. 
  1, 
  is 
  16.6 
  bushels; 
  by 
  table 
  No. 
  2, 
  17 
  bushels. 
  

   The 
  average 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  class 
  is 
  by 
  table 
  No. 
  1, 
  29 
  bushels; 
  

   by 
  table 
  No. 
  2, 
  33 
  bushels. 
  In 
  all 
  cases 
  the 
  snuiller 
  numbers- 
  

   have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  calculating 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  of 
  oysters. 
  

   The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  beds 
  in 
  both 
  

   Sounds 
  in 
  thirteen 
  daj-s 
  was 
  47,842, 
  and 
  allowing 
  from 
  150 
  to- 
  

   200 
  oysters 
  to 
  a 
  bushel 
  (though 
  the 
  number 
  is 
  probably 
  larger), 
  

   there 
  \vould 
  be 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  Sounds 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  first 
  of 
  

   the 
  season 
  from 
  7,176,300 
  to 
  9,568,400 
  oysters. 
  This, 
  however, 
  

   is 
  far 
  below 
  the 
  real 
  number, 
  as 
  the 
  entire 
  area 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  

   sail 
  were 
  not 
  visible 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  estimate 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  oysters 
  removed 
  from 
  

   the 
  beds 
  in 
  each 
  day, 
  1 
  have, 
  divided 
  the 
  Sounds 
  into 
  four 
  

   sections. 
  The 
  first 
  section 
  comprises 
  all 
  of 
  Tangier 
  Sound 
  

   north 
  of 
  Little 
  Island 
  and 
  the«Muscle 
  Hole 
  Bed, 
  The 
  second 
  

   section 
  comprises 
  all 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Sound, 
  including 
  

   Manokin 
  and 
  Big 
  Annemessex 
  rivers, 
  between 
  Little 
  Is- 
  

   land 
  and 
  Jane's 
  Island. 
  The 
  third 
  section 
  comj^rises 
  all 
  of 
  

   10 
  

  

  