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Upon tlie bottom of the lake, and on its circumference, the proprie- 
tors of Fusaro hare constructed hillocks here and there, with stones 
leaped up, artificial rocks, raised sufficiently to shelter the depots 
from mud alu } slime. Upon these rocks they deposit the young 
Oysters gathered in the Gulf of Tarentum. Each of these rock-works 
18 surrounded by a girdle of piles, driven close to each other, and 
r aised a little above the surface of the water, as represented in Fig. 
^2. Other piles arc distributed in long lines, and bound to each 
ot her by a cord, from which is suspended fagots of young wood. 
■*- a the spawning Beason the oysters which have been deposited on the 
Fig. 133. Pillars with cords attached in Lake Fusaro. 
ar tificial rocks discharge the myriads of young fry which have been 
Nurtured in the folds of their mantles. The fagots suspended from 
ae piles arrest the germ before it is driven away by the waves, much 
^ 11 swan attaches itself to the first shrub which comes in the way. 
y these precautions the riverains of Fusaro have provided for the 
Reservation of the young fry, besides removing many of the natural 
ae ttiies of the young oyster. 
^ 11 other places the piles are distributed in long lines and hound 
°8ether by strong cords, from which fagots of brushwood are sus- 
6a ded, on which the young spawn lay hold, as in Fig. 133. 
y means of these arrangements the pregnant oyster deposits its 
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