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the shell. In an accompanying letter Mr. Lane says : “ These are from the Potomac 
River and the cheapest of anything we get from the South; * * * have been trans- 
planted three weeks.” Though not distinctly stated, the probable inference seems to 
be that the oysters are “ floated,” like No. 72. Specimens taken nearly six months 
later from the same bed were analyzed as Nos. 84 and 85. 
74. Canned oysters, sometimes called “ Cove Oysters.” Chesapeake Bay. Fur- 
nished by Mr. J. F. Ely, Baltimore, Maryland. The samples consisted of a one-half 
pound can containing 30 oysters and a one-pound can containing 77 oysters. In an 
accompanying letter Mr. Ely states: “The oysters we ‘ steamers’ use are gathered 
from all points in the Chesapeake Bay and mouth of the Potomac River. There is 
no agency but heat applied in the preparation.” 
75. Oysters. Stony Creek, Connecticut. Purchased in Middletown. The specimen 
consisted of 30 oysters in the shell. 
82. Oysters. James River, Virginia. Furnished by Mr. F. T. Lane, New Haven. 
Transplanted to New Haven, Connecticut, April, 1881. Tbirty-one oysters in the 
shell. Mr. Lane says: “ These samples, 82 and 83, are from the James River, Vir- 
ginia, planted here last April. No. 1 (this sample) is as they came from the bed. 
This is some of the same James River stock I sent you last spring.” (No. 71.) 
83. Oysters. James River, transplanted as 82. Furnished by Mr. F. T. Lane, 
New Haven. Thirty- four oysters iu the shell. Mr. Lane says: “No. 2 (this sample) 
has been in the float 48 hours.” Both 82 and 83 were taken from the same bed at 
the same time. 
84. Oysters. Potomac River, transplanted to New Haven, Connecticut. Furnished 
by Mr. F. T. Lane, New Haven. Forty-one oysters in shell. Mr. Lane says : “ Stock 
planted here last April. This sample has been in the float 48 hours. This is some 
of the same stock I sent you last spring.” (No. 73.) 
85. Oysters. Potomac River, Virginia. Furnished by Mr- F. T. Lane, New 
Haven. Transplanted as 84. Mr. Lane says: “ This sample came direct from the 
beds.” Both 84 and 85 were taken from the same bed at the same time. Thirty- 
five oysters In the shell. 
89. Oysters. Fair Haven, Connecticut. New Haven Bay. Natives. Purchased in 
Middletown. The specimen consisted of one pint of the so-called “ solids,” i. e., the 
shell contents as ordinarily sold, and contained the “flesh” or “ meats” with part of 
the “liquids” or “ liquor” of 36 oysters. The laboratory record contains the follow- 
ing entry: “The specimen, one pint, did not furnish enough liquids for analysis.” 
92. Oysters. Long Island Sound. Furnished by Mr. F. T. Lane, New Haven. 
Thirty-four oysters in shell. In accompanying letter Mr. Lane describes them as 
“outside” or “Sound” oysters, which we understand to mean that they were taken 
in Long Island Sound, outside of New Haven Harbor. 
93. Oysters. Fair Haven, Connecticut. New Haven Bay. Furnished by Mr. F. T. 
Lane, New Haven. Thirty-six oysters in the shell. In accompanying letter Mr. Lane 
describes them as “inside” or “ harbor” natives, which we understand to mean that 
they grew in New Haven Bay near Fair Haven. 
97. Canned oysters. Purchased in Middletown. One “one-pound ” can containing 
78 oysters. 
103. Oysters. Clinton, Connecticut. Long Island Sound. Natives. Purchased in 
Middletown. Thirty-one oysters in the shell, one-half peck. Price, 50 cents per peck. 
104. Oysters. “Solids.” Virginias transplanted to New Haven, Connecticut. 
Purchased in Middletown. Price 50 cents per quart. One quart of oysters, shell 
contents, as commonly sold. They were said to have come from Mr. F. T. Lane, of 
New Haven, and were very likely from the same beds as some of the specimens pre- 
viously reported as received directly from Mr. Lane. 
105. Oysters. Stony Creek, Connecticut. Long Island Sound. Purchased in 
Middletown. Thirty oysters in the shell, one peek. Price, 50 cents per peck. 
106. Oysters. North Shrewsbury River, Shrewsbury, New Jersey, Furnished by 
Dorlon & Shaffer, New York, Twenty-five oysters in the sheik 
