Bull. U. S. F. C. 1891. European Methods of Oyster-culture. (To face page 406 ) 
Plate LXXVI 
Fig. 1. Tarente, Italy. The preparation of the Oyster Ropes for elevage. 
Workmen are engaged in chopping up the fascines into oyster-bearing twigs. These, as seen in the basket in 
the foreground, are to be woven, or rather spliced, between the strands of the rope seen in the lower right- 
hand corner. In the middle distance behind the workers are embankments of fascines. (Page 362.) 
Fig. 2. Tarente, Italy. Mussel-bearing Ropes. 
These may be taken to represent the appearance of those woven with the oyster-bearing twigs of Fig. 1. (Page 362.) 
