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REPORT ON OYSTER CULTURE 



also rude but cheap collectors, and these they arranged in parallel 

 rows. A considerable depth of mud was removed from the shore 

 and utilized in the pare walls, which were thus made water-tight. 

 The cost of a pare of thirty yards square so constructed was 

 stated at £12, and the number of such increased very considerably 

 in a few vears. 



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