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beds inside the Sounds, I have only used for the following table the largest three sections — Nos. 1, 

 2, and 4: 



Table II. — Dredging results — Chesapeake Bay. 



CD 



Locality. 



Oyst 



ers. 





<D O 



First and 

 second 

 classes. 



Third and 

 fourth 

 classes. 



Ratios. 



1 







2,640 



719 



4,576 



3,824 



765 



7,979 



1.06 



2 







1.06 



4 







1.70 















7,935 



12, 568 







1.58 















Accepting this mean ratio of all young growth to mature oysters, upon comparatively 

 unworked beds, as the standard, it is inferred that the ratio on any bed should not fall below 1.5 

 or 1.6. 



FECUNDITY OF THE BEDS IN THE SOUNDS. 



In order to ascertain whether the fecundity of the beds in the Sounds was the same as that of 

 those outside in the bay, a very thorough dredging was continued during .the summer and autumn, 

 and the oysters classified according to the plan already described, and the results are assembled 

 in the following table : 



Table I. — Dredging results — Tangier Sound. 



Locality. 



Middle Ground Nanticoke. 



Shark s Fin ^ 



Were Point ' 



Tyler's Bed .. 

 Horsej''sBar. 



Drumming Shoal . 



Cow and Calf 



Grass Tangier . . - 



Turtle Egg Island 



Mud Bed 



Chain Shoal 



Piney Island Bar 



Muscle Hole 



Manokin River 



Big Annemessex River 



Harris' Bed 



Terrapin Sands 



Jane's Island 



Woman's Marsh 



Great Bed 



Little Thoroughfare ^ 



Great Thoroughfare > 



California Bed . 



54 

 53 

 47 



211 

 97 

 93 

 41 



108 

 54 

 17 



127 



152 

 35 

 33 



82 



First class. 





Se 



coin 



. class. 















>-. 











rQ 









C 



2 



co r ® 







^5 















S 





5 



Third class. 



Fourth 



class. 



Bushels dredged. 



375 



521 



330 



1,282 



1,176 



881 



392 



559 



426 



150 



852 



1,408 



82 



230 



2.3 



3.2 

 1.6 



' 6.2 

 7.2 

 4.6 

 2.0 



[ 2. 7 

 2.8 

 0.8 

 7.4 

 8.0 



}»{ 



2.40 

 3.03 

 1.09 

 3.00 

 2.34 

 1.41 

 3.88 

 3.11 

 2.26 

 4.23 

 1.13 

 1.89 

 2.32 

 1.90 



312 

 663 



3.3 I 0.93 



554 



900 



1,580 



359 



3,850 



2,752 



1,282 



1,521 



1,740 



996 



784 



968 



2,665 



190 ; 



438 ' 



628 

 620 



2.6 

 4.6 

 1.0 



11.3 

 8.0 

 3.7 

 4.4 

 5.1 

 2.8 

 2.3 

 2.8 

 7.8 



1.57 

 1.34 

 3.55 

 2.56 

 1.68 

 0.48 

 1.21 

 2.97 

 2.18 

 3.53 

 2.30 

 3.02 

 3.69 

 9.15 



1.8 ! 1.75 



577 







*1,419 



3.2 



0.54 



2,121 



4.9 



0.52 



1,374 



3.1 



0.70 



9,857 



22.8 



0.41 



3,876 



9.0 



0.48 



2, 158 



5.0 



0.49 



1,846 



4.2 



1.03 



5,174 



11.9 



0.62 



2,110 



4.8 



0.61 



2,771 



6.4 



0.43 



2,229 



5.1 



0.42 



8,056 



18.6 



0.51 



702) 

 4, 010 5 



10. 9 J 



0.49 

 0.36 



4,712 







1,085 



2.5 



0.71 



770 

 1,115 



966 

 4,070 

 1,876 

 1,169 

 1,905 

 3,204 

 1,292 

 1,209 



947 

 4,153 



346 

 1,483 



1.829 

 767 



15. 25 

 16.0 

 21. 

 21.0 

 75.2 

 45.0 

 26.2 

 29.2 

 21.0 

 26.0 

 14.5 

 65.0 

 116. 5 

 6.5 < 

 16.0 ) 



.8 ' 9.4 



0.58 



8.1 

 12.7 



5.7 

 40.3 

 24. 2 

 13.3 

 10.6 

 19.7 



6.4 



9.5 

 15.3 

 34.4 



7.9 



8.3 

 15.3 

 34.9 

 20.8 

 12.9 

 18.6 



1.3 

 19.6 



5.0 

 49.7 

 82.1 



0.50 

 0.40 

 0.72 

 0.45 

 0.46 

 0.49 

 0.63 

 0.06 

 0.75 

 0.34 

 0.76 

 0.70 



22.5 

 24.0 



14. 9 7. 6 ! 0. 33 



7. 6 ; 16. 4 | 0. 68 







246 



1.1 2.9 0.72 



10. 2 2. 3 j 0. 18 | 220 



5. 7 I 9.5 0.62 162 



204 



188 

 196 



115 

 176 



140 



196 



