INDEX. 
449 
11. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE COAST WATERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA WITH REFERENCE TO 
OYSTER-CULTURE— Continued. 
Page. 
Steamboat Creek 317 
Stono Inlet - 319 
Stono River 319 
St. Helena Sound 316 
Story River 314 
St. Pierre Creek 316 
Sullivan Island Narrows 322 
Swinton, Thomas 322 
Togodo Creek 318 
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Town Creek 326 
Townsend River 318 
Wadmelaw River 318-319 
Wando River 321 
Water area surveyed 304 
Whale Branch 312 
Winslow, Lieut. Francis - 303 
Winyaw Bay 325 
Wright River 307 
12. OBSERVATIONS ON THE HATCHING OF THE YELLOW PERCH. 
... 333 
... 331 
... 331 
331, 333 
13. BIOLOGY OF THE OYSTER-GROUNDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Date of spawning 331 I Fry released 
Description of spawn 332 j Parent fish obtained 
General directions for hatching 334 Parent fish, small cost of 
Egg production, table of 333 | Temperature of water during hatching. 
Analyses of South Carolina oyster-bed waters 353, 357, 361 
Animal element of oyster food 347 
Battle, John D 335, 339, 345 
Colson, C. Bunting 343,352,355 
Composition of water at different depths 343-344 
Density of water preventing oyster fry from settling. .340-341 
Diatom s._ - ■- 347-348 
Enemies of the oyster 352 
Food of South Carolina oyster 345-350 
General character of the bottom and its life 345 
General summary of report 355 
Messmates and enemies; spawning season 351-352 
Oyster cluster and its origin 337-338 
Oyster crab, relation to its host 351-352 
Oyster food, amount occurring in South Carolina waters, 
as determined by analysis 348-349 
Oyster food, component organisms 346 
Oyster ledges and flats 335-338 
Oysters detached from raccoon ledges 339 
Oyster spat, absence in deep water 340-344 
Phosphate-dredging, effect upon oyster water 354 
Pine pollen 348 
Plant element of oyster food 347-348 
Platt, Robert 340, 355 
Ryder, John A 338, 342, 346, 351 
Silt suspension 341-343 
Spawning season 352 
Swimming embryo, fixation of 341 
Time of feeding of the oyster 350 
Verrili, A. E 351 
Works and authors consulted in preparing report 356 
14. THE PRESENT METHODS OF OYSTER-CULTURE IN FRANCE. 
Advantages for oyster-culture in the United States 
Barbey, M., minister of marine of France 364 
Bouchon-Brandeley, M., inspector-general of fisheries of 
France 364, 374 
Bouquet (collector) 370 
Camion (collector) 370 
Claires: Special processes, such as “greening” or pre- 
paring for transportation 378-380 
Coating collectors with cement (chaulage) 371 
Collectors for oyster fry 368-374 
Coste, M-. 364 
Dast6, M 369, 371, 375, 377 
De Bon, M 364, 368 
DOtroquage and transportation , 372-374 
De Saint-Sauveur, Mme 372, 373 
iSlevage, or the growing of oysters for market 374-377 
Flat and Portuguese oysters, compared 366 
GabarOt (collector) 369 
General conclusions of report 382-384 
Introduction to report 363-364 
Leroux, M 371, 375 
Martin, M .371, 375 
Mushroom (collector) 370 
Natural oyster banks and dredging 367 
Oyster-culture and its branches 368-381 
Oyster in France 365-367 
Placing and management of collectors 371-372 
Planche (collector) _ 370 
Portuguese oyster 381 
Production in closed ponds 372-374 
Production, or the raising of seed oysters, and kinds of 
collectors 368-374 
Reservation by Government of oyster-bearing tracts 374 
Spat-collectors 368-374 
Species and characteristics of the oyster in France. . .365-366 
Tiles 368-370 
Waters of oyster-grounds of French coast, table of den- 
sities 384 
Works relating to French oyster-culture, list of 385-388 
F. C. B. 1890—29 
