Bull. U. S. F. C. 1891. European Methods of Oyster-culture. (To face page 406.) 
Plate LXXXVIII. 
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Fig. 1. Whitstable, England. Warehouse of the Whitstable Oyster Company, over- 
looking the Kentish Flats. 
The upper story serves as the meeting room of the freemen of the company. The basement is arranged with " pits" 
for storage. (Page 398.) 
Fig. 2. Whitstable, England. The Storage Pits of the Whitstable Company; Sorting 
the Oysters. 
The bag-like nets filled with oysters may be attached to the cleats seen in the foreground, and allowed to hang in 
the water of the pits. (Page 399.) 
