SEWAGE CONTAMIISrATION' OF OYSTER BEDS. 



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an additional area of nearly 360 square miles, or more than one-fifth 

 the total area of the state. Narragansett Bay proper is a narrow body 



NARRAGANSETT BAY 



AND 

 ADJACENT WATERS 



AiLANTlC OCEAN 



of f^alt water that makes fnto Rhode Island from the Atlantic Ocean, 

 which washes the southern border of the state, as will be seen by 



