80 Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners. 
River. Hydrography of the oyster bars for the season 1908, 
was started June Ist. 
From the Solomons Island station the oyster bars in 
Chesapeake Bay adjacent to Calvert County and south of 
Holland Point, were surveyed, also the entrance and the 
Patuxent River as far up as Point Patience, and part of the 
Bay adjacent to St. Marys County, between Cedar Point and 
Point No Point Lighthouse. 
The State steamer ‘‘Gov. McLane,’’ commanded by Capt. 
James A. Turner, under the directions of the Commission’s 
Engineer, was used in making the survey of all the bay bars 
to the 2-fathom curve; the launch ‘‘Canvasback’’ was used 
to develop the oyster area inside of this depth curve. Both 
launches were towed to and from the working grounds by 
the steamer. 
To facilitate long runs of the launch party engaged in erect- 
ing the shore stations, the houseboat was towed, on August 3, 
1908, to St. Leonards Creek, Patuxent River, from which 
station the survey of the oyster bars was carried up the 
Patuxent to Broome Island, and a section of the St. Marys 
Bay shore south of Cedar Point was surveyed. 
From August 18 to September 3, 1908, the houseboat was 
anchored in Battle Creek, Patuxent River, from which station 
the survey of the balance of the oyster bars in that river in- 
cluding those of Charles County were completed. 
The houseboat ‘‘Oyster,’’ with launches and equipment, was 
towed to the Potomac River (Smiths Creek), September 3, 
to survey the oyster bars located in Maryland’s tributaries 
of that river. 
The bars located along the bay shore of St. Marys County, 
between Point No Point Lighthouse and Point Lookout were 
surveyed from the Smiths Creek station. The launches were 
moved around to St. Jeromes’ Creek, where they were 
anchored at night until this section was completed. The party 
walked over the ridge of land separating the above two creeks 
each morning, when the steamer McLane was not used. Fog 
followed by blustry weather caused the completion of this 
work to be delayed. 
1 Owing to the absence of harbors along the Calvert County Bay shore, it was 
necessary to steam, some days, 25 miles to the working grounds. 
