CONTENTS 



Pagre. 



Object and methods of the survey 7 



Description of Matagorda Bay - - 10 



Location 10 



Area and shore line 11 



Affluents 11 



Depth and character of bottom 12 



Channels 12 



The oyster beds 13 



Density of oyster growth 13 



Types of oyster beds 15 



Long reefs 15 



Short reefs and lumps - 19 



Flat beds and patches - 19 



Description of the principal beds 20 



Half Moon Reef 20 



Mad Island Reef 22 



Shell Island Reef 23 



Forked Bayou Reef 24 



Dog Island Reef 25 



North end 25 



East side ^, 26 



South end 26 



West side 27 



Spring Bayou Reef 28 



Boiler Bayou Reefs 28 



Raymond Landing Shoals 29 



Kains and Cleveland Patches 30 



Middle Lump 31 



Boggy Lump V 31 



Grass Lump 32 



Idlebach Patches 32 



Middle Patches 33 



East Point Bed 33 



Eleven Mile Lumps 34 



Creek Patches 34 



Dressing Point Shoals 35 



Live Oak Bay 37 



Beds above Dressing Point 38 



Browns Lump 39 



Marsh Patch 39 



Root Lumps 39 



Ranch Patches 40 



Off-the-Cut Lumps 40 



East Side Lump 40 



Shores and bayous 41 



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