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  the 
  slate 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  difficult 
  and 
  attended 
  with 
  dan- 
  

   ger 
  to 
  the 
  fry 
  already 
  attached. 
  With 
  this 
  object 
  in 
  view, 
  

   I 
  would 
  suggest 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  wooden 
  racks 
  or 
  frames 
  lying 
  

   horizontally, 
  which 
  would 
  receive 
  the 
  slates 
  into 
  deep 
  

   notches 
  made 
  with 
  a 
  saw, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  hold 
  them 
  vertically 
  or 
  

   edgewise, 
  rendering 
  their 
  removal 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  

   cleansingjand 
  their 
  replacement 
  an 
  easy 
  matter. 
  Other 
  

   devices 
  would 
  no 
  doubt 
  answer 
  the 
  same 
  purpose 
  and 
  be 
  

   more 
  convenient 
  even 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  If 
  posts 
  were 
  se- 
  

   curely 
  fixed 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  feet 
  apart, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   j)roject 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  so 
  above 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  the 
  highest 
  tide, 
  a 
  

   single 
  board 
  six 
  inches 
  wide, 
  nailed 
  against 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  

   the 
  posts 
  edgewise, 
  and 
  extending 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  other, 
  

   would 
  provide 
  a 
  simple 
  arrangement 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  hang 
  

   the 
  slates 
  singly 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  galvanized 
  wire 
  fastened 
  or 
  

   hooked 
  to 
  nails 
  partly 
  driven 
  into 
  the 
  board. 
  By 
  the 
  

   help 
  of 
  this 
  plan 
  one 
  man 
  with 
  a 
  boat 
  could 
  overhaul 
  

   many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  slates 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  day 
  and 
  effectually 
  

   care 
  for 
  them 
  for 
  a 
  whole 
  season. 
  This 
  last 
  coatrivance 
  

   would 
  not 
  answer 
  well 
  perhaps 
  where 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  swift 
  

   current, 
  but 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  most 
  admirable 
  arrangement 
  in 
  

   still 
  ponds 
  or 
  "claires.-' 
  In 
  such 
  places 
  the 
  whole 
  area 
  

   might 
  be 
  pi-ovided 
  with 
  posts 
  grouped 
  or 
  placed 
  in 
  rows, 
  

   so 
  that 
  ^^'hen 
  tlie 
  attendant 
  Avas 
  at 
  work 
  he 
  could 
  pass 
  in 
  

   ordei- 
  from 
  one 
  row 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  a 
  narrow 
  boat 
  or 
  two 
  

   attendants 
  in 
  one 
  boat 
  could 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  two 
  rows, 
  the 
  

   ones 
  on 
  either 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  

  

  As 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  concluded 
  from 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  that 
  the 
  

   writer 
  would 
  liave 
  everything 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  

   of 
  slates 
  except 
  oysters, 
  he 
  would 
  correct 
  this 
  impres- 
  

   sion. 
  The 
  intention 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  scrub 
  the 
  slates 
  as 
  a 
  house- 
  

   maid 
  might 
  scrul) 
  a 
  floor 
  to 
  remove 
  every 
  speck 
  of 
  dirt, 
  

   but 
  simply 
  to 
  clear 
  off 
  the 
  animals 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  taking 
  up 
  room 
  to 
  the 
  exclusion 
  f)f 
  more 
  valued 
  

   tenants. 
  By 
  some 
  such 
  method 
  as 
  that 
  here 
  described 
  a 
  

   careful 
  supervision 
  can 
  be 
  accomplished 
  with 
  little 
  out- 
  

  

  