BIOLOGY OF THE OYSTER-GROUNDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
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Remarks. 
Raccoon ledges, shell bottom ; 
heavy rust-like sediment. 
Hard sand. 
Do. 
No oysters; soft mud, turbid; 
disintegrating plant tissues 
of sediment inseparable from 
living organisms. Impossi- 
ble therefore to indicate food 
value of locality by high per- 
Water clear, bottom hard. 
Water clear, bottom hard. 
Bottom sandy, no raccoons. 
Clear, hard sand ; no oysters. 
Do. 
Slightly cloudy, soft mud. 
Do. 
Slightly cloudy, soft mud; rac- 
Ebbs dry, except in channel. 
Hard sand; no shells. 
M! : 
Ills “ISIS 1 
sis ii i ill ii s s s i 1 
Pi i 
Ills llllll I 
.120 
.132 
.115 
.0015 
.0110 
.0065 
.014 
.011 
.010 
.012 
Car- 
bonates 
(grains 
gallon). 
: j i £ £ 
7.2 
5_ 
5.7 
7.5 
7.5 
7.5 
7.2 
7.2 
7.8 
7.5 
8 
7.7 
7.2 
7.7 
7.6 
Total 
solids 
(grains 
gallon). 
2,302 
Ills llllll 1 
of of rf of cfofofofofof rH 
si m 1 in ii i i ill 
efef cf<N~ cf efeCetf efef ef cf : of of 
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1311 131331 i 
« (NT rH <N cCcCncCcCtH t-T. 
IS II 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 
rJrf rH cf Of ofofof ofof of of of of of 
Specific 
gravity 
reeled) . 
1.0171 
1. 0219 
1. 0231 
1. 0228 
1. 0215 
1. 0217 
1. 0218 
1. 0153 
1.0113 
II Is I III II i. 1 ! I I 
r-l r— 1 H H pH HHH H H rH r-l rH rH i— 1 
Depth 
(feet). 
7 
21 
5 
11 
Surf. 5 
Mid. 
Bot. 20 
Surf. 5 
Mid. 
Bot. 20 
10 
SS 33 00 383 3^ S 8 ” 3 s 
1 * 
& H H W 
* ~ 1 * * 
IM * 
48.5 
52 
47.5 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
46 
47 
5:5 3S 3 3®S 88 S 3 3 S 8 
1 i 
i -§ i ■§ ££M*£ i 
§-§ $£ -§ .§-§-§ £•§ 5 •§ -§ s s 
Locality. 1 
Jones Creek (W inyaw Bay), 200 
yards abovo mouth of divide 
Jones Creek, mouth of Duck 
Creek. 
Jones Creek, near mouth on 
east shore. 
Sign Creek, 100 yards from 
mouth of Jones Creek. 
Ashlev River, near mouth, (100 
y arils off West Point Mills). 
do 
do 
do 
do 
Savannah River, 1 mile above 
mouth. 
Wright River, £ mile above 
New River, near mouth 
New River, 1 mile above Walls 
Cut. 
Cooper River, in lower mouth . . 
Cooper River, in west mouth of 
Bull Creek. 
Cooper River, 2 miles from 
upper mouth. 
Mackay Creek, 1J miles below 
upper mouth. 
Okeeteet River, in mouth 
Okeeteet River, 1 mile above 
Battery Creek, in mouth (Port 
Beaufort River, midchannel, 
buoy 9. 
Chowan River, head of naviga- 
Beaufort River, 1 mile above 
B mMs rt ■ RlYer,West 3,10re ’ near 
1 1* 
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2 31 
3 31 
4 31 
1891. 
5 Jan. 9 
6 9 
7 9 
8 9 
9 9 
10 9 
11 11 
12 12 
33 33 3 SSS 8 8 8 Si 3 
33 3S 5 338 38 8 8 8 8 8 
