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  unintentionally 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  rather 
  unfavorable 
  position. 
  

   Brush 
  or 
  fagots 
  have 
  not 
  given 
  the 
  best 
  results, 
  as 
  

   collecting 
  apparatus 
  they 
  are 
  apparently 
  ineffectual 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  sediment 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  appear 
  

   to 
  be 
  more 
  effective 
  in 
  places 
  were 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  in 
  rather 
  

   active 
  motion. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  informed 
  however, 
  by 
  an 
  

   old 
  oysterman, 
  that 
  pine 
  bushes 
  stuck 
  securely 
  into 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  in 
  dense 
  lines 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  very 
  effectual, 
  so 
  

   much 
  so 
  that 
  an 
  oyster 
  planter 
  following 
  this 
  plan 
  had 
  

   the 
  satisfacti<m 
  of 
  seeing 
  the 
  bushes 
  loaded 
  with 
  "spat," 
  

   much 
  of 
  which 
  afterwards 
  grew 
  to 
  marketable 
  size. 
  

   Thick 
  palisades 
  might 
  l)e 
  constructed 
  of 
  brush 
  stuck 
  

   into 
  the 
  bottom 
  near 
  j^ermanent 
  oyster-banks, 
  with 
  good 
  

   results; 
  indeed, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  doubt 
  but 
  that 
  banks 
  might 
  in 
  

   some 
  cases 
  l)e 
  established 
  by 
  this 
  method, 
  if, 
  in 
  addi- 
  

   tion, 
  oyster 
  shells 
  or 
  stones 
  were 
  strewn 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   along 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  brush 
  palisade, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  afford 
  

   a 
  foundation 
  for 
  the 
  fixation 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  generations 
  of 
  

   oysters. 
  

  

  FL0AT1NC4 
  COLLECTORS. 
  

  

  Although 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  tried 
  any 
  form 
  of 
  floating 
  collec- 
  

   tor 
  with 
  much 
  show 
  of 
  success, 
  for 
  theoretical 
  reasons 
  it 
  

   is 
  a 
  form 
  which 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  left 
  out 
  of 
  consideration. 
  

   After 
  my 
  experiments 
  with 
  impregnated 
  eggs 
  in 
  floating 
  

   boxes, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  abandoned, 
  and 
  upon 
  

   these 
  and 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  our 
  flat 
  boats 
  young 
  oysters 
  

   flxed 
  themselves, 
  though 
  not 
  more 
  numerously 
  than 
  upon 
  

   the 
  slate 
  collectors. 
  Probably 
  the 
  clean 
  black 
  surface 
  

   of 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  the 
  boats 
  was 
  a 
  favorable 
  place 
  for 
  

   "spaf 
  to 
  attach 
  itself. 
  

  

  A 
  form 
  which 
  suggests 
  itself 
  to 
  me 
  could 
  be 
  very 
  

   simply 
  and 
  cheaply 
  made. 
  I 
  would 
  use 
  common 
  plas- 
  

   tering 
  laths, 
  which 
  should 
  l)e 
  nailed 
  together 
  in 
  a 
  si]iij)le 
  

   way, 
  say 
  in 
  frames 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet 
  square, 
  with 
  the 
  

   laths 
  an 
  inch 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  apart. 
  Then 
  these 
  frames 
  should 
  

   be 
  dipped 
  into 
  a 
  mortar 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  slates 
  and 
  coated 
  

   with 
  a 
  pretty 
  thick 
  layer 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  attached 
  "spat" 
  

  

  