80 



Areas of oyster beds — Continued. „ , 



J a Square yards. 



Chain Shoal (solid) 1, 192, 000 



Muscle Hole (solid) 3, 060, 000 



Piney Island Bar (solid) 6, 975, 000 



Manokin Biver bed (solid) 6, 142, 000 



Big Annemessex (solid) 2, 835, 000 



Harris' (solid) 3, 420, 000 



Terrapin Sands (solid) '. 1,417,000 



Paul's (solid) .. .*. . 765,000 



Woman's Marsh (solid) ... 6, 975, 000 



Bed off Jane's Island Light (solid) 1, 800, 000 



Great Bock (solid) 8, 505, 000 



Little Thoroughfare (solid) 720, 000 



Great Thoroughfare (solid) 1, 597, 000 



Oak Hammock (solid) 630, 000 



California (solid) 3, 915, 000 



Johnson's (solid) 1,395,000 



Brig (solid) 517, 000 



Parker's (solid) 495, 000 



Beach Island (solid) 225, 000 



Hern Island (solid) 2, 092, 000 



Bird (solid) 3, 285, 000 



Guilford Creek (solid) 1 , 642, 000 



Messongo (solid) 180, 000 



Muddy Marsh (solid) 1, 912, 000 



Buoy Spit (solid) 427,000 



Small bed south of Shell Bed (solid) 225, 000 



Shell (solid) 877, 000 



Trevise (solid) .. 697,000 



Drum Bay Point (solid) 337, 000 



Dog-Fish (solid) 720, 000 



Plat (solid) 742, 000 



Small bed north of Trevise (solid) 135, 000 



Slate Stone (solid) 967, 000 



Potter's (solid) 900,000 



New Plantation (solid) 180, 000 



Buoy (solid) 067, 000 



Old Bocks (solid) 1, 057, 000 



TANGIER AND POCOMOKE — SUMMARY. 



Total area in both Sounds occupied by oysters ... 425, 012, 000 



Total area in both Sounds occupied by solid oyster beds 92, 520, 000 



Ordinarily scattered 313, 345, 000 



Thinly scattered 19, 147, 000 



Nautical square miles. 



Tangier Sound (solid) . . 



Tangier Sound (scattered) 



Pocomoke Sound (solid) 



Pocomoke Sound (scattered) 



Fishing Bay (solid) 



Fishing Bay (scattered) 



Total area both Sounds covered by oysters, or scattered oysters, 



in square miles (uautical) 103. 255 



Note. — Those areas designated as "solid" are those where the number to the square yard was above 0.1, or 

 more than one oyster to ten square yards. 



17. 



101 



44. 



926 



4. 



519 



29. 



599 



0.875 



6. 



225 



