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large number of men who were at once put to work to re-spread the 

 mussels which had been driven together and heaped up at various 

 points. 



The manner in which natural difficulties have been overcome and 

 mussels have been successfully cultivated at Montrose — which is not the 

 best mussel-growing ground in Scotland — should form an incentive to 

 other localities which possess good mussel ground, or ground which 

 may be made capable of yielding a payable mussel crop. Regulations 

 as to the size of mussels, especially when seed mussels may be 

 lifted for re-sowing, and power to enforce regulations wisely drawn up by 

 an independent authority, are urgently desired by the mussel cultivators, 

 and assistance from a competent adviser will be heartily welcomed. 



