. Methods and results : report on the oyster beds of the James River, Va. and of Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds, Maryland and Virginia. 554 900 1,580 359 3,850 2,752 1,282 1,521 1,740 996 784 968 2,665 190 ; 438 628620 ! 577 *1,419 2,121 1,374 9,857 3,876 2,158 1,846 5,174 2,110 2,771 2,229 8,056 702)4, 010 5 10. 9 J 4,712 1,085 7701,115 9664,0701,8761,1691,9053,2041
. Methods and results : report on the oyster beds of the James River, Va. and of Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds, Maryland and Virginia. 554 900 1,580 359 3,850 2,752 1,282 1,521 1,740 996 784 968 2,665 190 ; 438 628620 ! 577 *1,419 2,121 1,374 9,857 3,876 2,158 1,846 5,174 2,110 2,771 2,229 8,056 702)4, 010 5 10. 9 J 4,712 1,085 7701,115 9664,0701,8761,1691,9053,2041,2921,209 9474,153 3461,483 15. < ) .8 14. 9 7. 6 ! 0. 33 7. 6 ; | 0. 68 246 10. 2 2. 3 j | 220 I 162 204 188196 115176 140 196 Q2 Table I.—Dredging results—Tangier Sound.—Continued. Locality. .Johnsons Bed Dog Fish Bed ( Trevise Bed Shell Bed Flat Bed. Muddy Marsh Bed Hern Island Parkers BedBrig Bed 22ISO 2223 359 59 237; 180 417154166 ( 1. 0 | 0. 5t 170 15 3. 23 55 j 36- 107153 238 895 95 91 50 13. 9 0. 97 ; 188 178 10. 6 0. 74 120 6. 9 0. 77 120 By referring to Tabie I it will be seen that on all the beds in Tangier Sound, from Fishing Baydown to the Ureat Rock, with one exception, that of Chain Shoal, the maximum ratio is that of thesecond class to the first. The inference is that there was a successful spatting season on all theupper beds in 1876 or 1877, probably the former. Again, the minimum ratio, as far down the Sound as the Mud Bed, is that of the third class tothe second, showing that on the beds above the Mud Bed there was not a success
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