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  " 
  egg, 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  continuous 
  warm 
  weather 
  was 
  essen- 
  

   " 
  tial 
  to 
  sucress. 
  As 
  my 
  observations 
  upon 
  tlie 
  devel- 
  

   " 
  oping 
  eggs 
  occupied 
  all 
  my 
  time, 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  

   " 
  make 
  any 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  

   " 
  the 
  ocean, 
  but 
  during 
  June 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   " 
  cold, 
  windy 
  days 
  and 
  nights, 
  and 
  two 
  hail-storms, 
  and 
  

   " 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  cold 
  days 
  all 
  the 
  embryo 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  

   in 
  the 
  house 
  died. 
  

  

  " 
  At 
  first 
  sight 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  possible 
  that 
  an 
  ani- 
  

   " 
  mal 
  which 
  is 
  encased 
  in 
  a 
  hard, 
  strong, 
  protecting 
  

   " 
  shell, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  giving 
  rise 
  to 
  several 
  

   "million 
  eggs 
  every 
  season, 
  can 
  be 
  in 
  any 
  danger 
  of 
  

   " 
  extermination 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  oj^ster 
  ought 
  to 
  

   " 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  hold 
  its 
  own 
  in 
  the 
  struggle 
  for 
  existence, 
  

   " 
  and 
  to 
  increase 
  and 
  multiply 
  in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   " 
  adverse 
  circumstances. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  appears 
  wonderful 
  that 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Chesa- 
  

   " 
  peake 
  Bay 
  are 
  not 
  paved 
  with 
  oysters, 
  and 
  persons 
  

   " 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  given 
  much 
  thought 
  to 
  the 
  subject 
  will 
  

   " 
  ridicule 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  need 
  for 
  meas- 
  

   " 
  ures 
  to 
  prevent 
  their 
  extermination 
  or 
  the 
  destruction 
  

   " 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  beds. 
  A^'hile 
  the 
  consumption 
  of 
  oys- 
  

   " 
  ters 
  was 
  restricted 
  to 
  regions 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  

   "of 
  the 
  beds, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  oysters 
  which 
  it 
  would 
  pay 
  

   " 
  to 
  gather 
  and 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  market 
  each 
  season 
  from 
  

   " 
  each 
  bed 
  w^as 
  limited 
  ; 
  l)ut 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  facilities 
  

   " 
  for 
  packing 
  and 
  transporting 
  oysters, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  limit 
  

   " 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  utilized, 
  and 
  the 
  danger 
  

   " 
  of 
  destroying 
  the 
  best 
  beds 
  grows 
  greater 
  every 
  day, 
  

   "and 
  keeps 
  pace 
  with 
  the 
  increasing 
  population 
  and 
  

   " 
  improvements 
  in 
  transportation.'' 
  

  

  After 
  giving 
  some 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  oysters 
  in 
  

   the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Cancale, 
  Dr. 
  Brooks 
  further 
  remarks 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  table 
  also 
  shows 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  answtn- 
  to 
  rely 
  

   " 
  up(m 
  the 
  very 
  great 
  num])er 
  of 
  eggs, 
  and 
  therefore 
  

   "trust 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  oysters 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  replenishing 
  the 
  

   "bed. 
  

  

  