EXTRACTS FROM REPORT 
OF 
Francis Winslow, 
Master U. S. Navy, Assistant Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
Commanding Schooner Palinurus, 
MADE TO 
CARLILE R PATTERSON. 
Superintendent Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
OF 
Investigations of the Oyster Beds in Tangier and Pocomoke 
Sounds and Parts of the Chesapeake Bay, Conducted 
During Portions of the Years 1878 and 1879. 
PART 1 , 1878. 
These extracts, containing information valuable to the people of Maryland, 
are published by permission and through the courtesy of the 
Superintendent in charge of the Coast and 
Geodetic Surveys. 
