46 SHELL-FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. Jan., 
Ram Island Bay Bed is southwest of Ram Island. Area, 
50 acres. Water, 5 feet. 
Light House and Old House Bed lies on the west side of 
Smith’s Island in Norwalk harbor. Area, 75 to 100 acres. 
The south end of the bed is near the light-house. Depth 
of water, 9 to 13 feet. 
Calf Pasture: Round Beach, south and east; Long 
Beach, south and north; Cedar Hammock; Wilson’s Cove ; 
and Comstock Island flats—all lie off Norwalk, and prac- 
tically constitute one continuous bed extending from Calf 
Pasture Island two and ahalf miles to Little Tavern Island, 
with an average width of three-eighths of a mile. Area, 
about 600 acres. Depth of water, 1 to 6 feet. 
Fairfield Bed lies off Southport harbor. Area, 125 acres. 
Depth of water 4 to 12 feet. 
Fairfield Bar Bed lies south of Fairfield Beach. Area, 
200 acres. Depth of water, 3 to 15 feet—nearly used up. 
The Dumps Bed es one and one-fourth mile south from 
Bridgeport light-house. Area, 100 acres. Depth of water, 
21 feet. The-dumping of material, from Bridgeport har- 
bor, over this area, formed a bed on which the floating spat 
settled and grew into a natural oyster-bed. 
The Bridgeport or Stratford Bed lies off Point-no-point. . 
Tt is three miles in length by five-eighths of a mile in 
width from the shore south. Area, about 1200 acres. 
Depth of water at low tide, 18 feet. 
Stratford Point Bed No. 1 lies in shore, southwest of 
Stratford Point. Area, 50 acres. 
Stratford Point Bed No. 2 lies in shore east of Stratford 
Point. Area, 75 acres. . 
Pompey Bed lies off the south of the bar at the mouth of 
the Housatonic River. Area about 350 acres, chiefly within 
the town jurisdiction. Greatest depth of water at low tide, 
21 feet. 
The commissioners have not heard of any natural bed 
worthy of note, east of Milford. 
The areas above given are low estimates, and aggregate 
4,275 acres. It will be safe therefore to assume upon the 
most liberal estimate that the natural beds do not exceed 
5,000 acres. 
