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  Tangier 
  Sound 
  south 
  of 
  Jane's 
  Island. 
  The 
  fourth 
  section 
  all 
  

   of 
  Pocomoke 
  Sound. 
  

  

  Assembling 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  dredgers 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   dredging 
  on 
  these 
  different 
  sections, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  bush" 
  

   els 
  taken 
  by 
  them, 
  I 
  have 
  deduced 
  the 
  following 
  results 
  : 
  

  

  Total 
  No. 
  bushels 
  taken 
  15,135 
  10,115 
  

  

  (IN) 
  i 
  

  

  No. 
  of 
  days 
  4 
  l 
  4 
  

  

  Average 
  per 
  day 
  3,783 
  3.533 
  

  

  Average 
  No. 
  Oysters 
  per 
  day 
  567,450 
  378,450 
  

  

  Grand 
  Total 
  taken 
  off 
  in 
  one 
  day 
  

  

  18,060 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  3.060 
  

   459,000 
  

  

  ' 
  2,673 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  891 
  

   133,650 
  

  

  1,538,550 
  

  

  * 
  150 
  oysters 
  are 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  bushel. 
  

  

  Though 
  there 
  w^ere 
  dredgers 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  at 
  work 
  early 
  

   in 
  September, 
  and 
  also 
  many 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  summer, 
  yet 
  

   in 
  order 
  that 
  any 
  error 
  may 
  be 
  under, 
  rather 
  than 
  over 
  esti- 
  

   mation, 
  I 
  will 
  consider 
  the 
  working 
  season 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  

   of 
  October 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  May, 
  aii4 
  allow 
  three 
  days 
  in 
  each 
  

   week 
  for 
  bad 
  weather 
  which 
  w^ould 
  prevent 
  dredging. 
  That 
  

   allowance 
  will 
  leave 
  120 
  working 
  days, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  time, 
  by 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  table, 
  over 
  184,600,000 
  oysters 
  would 
  be 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  from 
  the 
  beds 
  in 
  the 
  Sounds, 
  supposing 
  them 
  to 
  supply 
  

   the 
  same 
  number 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  season. 
  By 
  table 
  No. 
  2 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  young 
  to 
  a 
  bushel 
  

   was 
  202. 
  That 
  number 
  represents 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  young 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  the 
  full 
  grown 
  ones 
  that 
  were 
  

   removed 
  from 
  the 
  beds. 
  That 
  the 
  estinuite 
  is 
  not 
  above 
  what 
  is 
  

   actually 
  the 
  case 
  I 
  am 
  certain 
  from 
  the 
  immense 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   young 
  brought 
  up 
  by 
  our 
  own 
  dredging 
  operations. 
  In 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  up 
  the 
  estimate 
  twenty 
  and 
  thirty 
  young 
  were 
  frequently 
  

   found 
  on 
  one 
  shell, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  case 
  fifty-four 
  were 
  counted. 
  In 
  

   estimating 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  beds 
  in 
  one 
  day. 
  

  

  