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westward and will average 200 yards in width with a depth ranging from 3 to 16 feet. 
The bottom is generally hard and favorable for cultivation. The specific gravity is 
high. At the uppermost point reached it was 1.0220, surface and bottom, at half 
flood; at Rockville, at the same time of the tide, it Avas 1.0222, surface and bottom; 
and at its mouth, about the same time of tide, 1.0228, surface and bottom. The total 
area examined was about 450 acres; area of natural oyster beds, about 2.2 acres. 
Leadenwah Greek heads in Wadmelaw Island and also trends westward, emptying 
into the North Edisto 2 miles above the mouth of Bohicket Creek. It was examined 
to a point 1 mile beyond the limit of the topography of the Coast Survey charts, and 
that part was sketched in by course and distance as accurately as possible. The bot- 
tom is generally hard Avhile the depth ranges from 2 to 25 feet. Raccoon oysters extend 
along the shores for the first mile and a half, when they become less frequent and 
finally cease altogether. The specific gravity of the water 4 miles above the mouth 
was 1.0212 surface and 1.0208 bottom, on the first of the flood. The area of the part 
examined amounted to about 384 acres; area of natural oyster beds, about 3.2 acres. 
Townsend River is the most southern tributary of the North Edisto on the west 
side, and is reinforced by Ocella Creek, which makes a junction with it 1 mile from its 
mouth. The character of the bottom is generally hard. The specific gravity of the 
water in this river 1 mile above the junction of Ocella Creek was 1.0230 surface and 
1.0231 bottom, at high tide. At the fork or mouth of Ocella Creek, on the last of the 
flood, it was 1.0233 surface and 1 .0234 bottom ; in Ocella Creek, 1 mile above the junction 
with Townsend River on the last of the flood, 1.0230 surface and 1.0228 bottom ; and 
at the mouth of the river, 1.0233 surface and 1.0234 bottom. The total area of the 
river and creek is about 240 acres. 
McCloud Creek . — This narrow but deep creek rises to the westward of Park Island^ 
and has a length of 6 miles and a depth of 3 to 20 feet. It empties into the North 
Edisto River 1 mile above the mouth of Dawho River. The specific gravity of the 
water 4 miles above the mouth during high tide was 1.0200 surface and 1.0194 bottom; 
at the mouth, on the early flood, 1.0204 surface and 1.0200 bottom. The total area of 
the creek is 80 acres ; the area of natural oyster beds is inconsiderable. 
Togodo Creek is about 200 yards wide and is formed by the junction of Little and 
Big Togodo creeks, 2£ miles above its mouth, or one-half mile beyond the finished topog- 
raphy of the Coast Survey charts. No oysters occur in deep water in the creek and 
very few raccoon oysters were found. These were near the mouth on the west shore. 
The bottom is favorable, being hard and sticky. The specific gravity, 1 mile above 
the fork of Little and Big Togodo creeks in Little Togodo Creek, at one-tliird flood, 
was 1.0196 surface and 1.0195 bottom; and at the mouth of Togodo Creek, one-sixth, 
flood, 1.0196 surface and 1 .0198 bottom. The total area examined was about 384 acres; 
the area of the natural oyster beds is inconsiderable. 
Wadmelaw River is a continuation of the North Edisto River, and may be said to 
constitute that part included between Wadmelaw Point and the New Cut. It is about 
8 miles long and consists of a series of bays or flats, dotted by numerous islands. 
From this point to the mouth of Rantowles Creek, or the head of Stono River, the 
inland passage is a narrow, winding stream, about 7 miles in length. The bottom 
in the Wadmelaw River is generally hard and sticky except directly in the channel. 
The specific gravity is uniform, being 1.0199 at the surface and 1.0205 at the bottom 
at the lower mouth, and 1.0197 surface at one-tliird flood at the upper mouth or the 
