Bull. U. S. P. C. 1891. European Methods of Oyster-culture. (To face page 40 6 ) 
Plate LXXXVII. 
Fig. 1. Whitstable, England. General view of the Kentish Flats at low tide, from 
the Window of the Whitstable Company’s Warehouse. 
That the tidal flats are not of soft mud may be inferred from the tilting masts of the dredging vessels. (Page 398.) 
Fig. 2. Whitstable England. A Typical Dredging Boat at work. (Page 400.) 
