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Document No. 7.] [Session 1887.
P. M. Hale, State Printer and Binder.
REPORT ON THE WATERS OF NORTH CAROLINA,
WITH REFERENCE TO THE CULTIVATION
OF OYSTERS, TOGETHER WITH THE RE-SULTS
OF THE SURVEY OF THE
OYSTER BEDS.
THE AREA EXAMINED.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
The waters subject to the jurisdiction of the State of North
Carolina consist mainly of twelve Sounds, extending and cou-
Dected with each other along the coast from the Virginia line, in
Lat. 36° 33' N. to the Cape Fear River, in Lat. 34° 53' N. In
the order in which they occur from north to south they are Cur-rituck,
Albemarle, Croatan, Roanoke, Pamplico, Core, Bogue,
Stump, Topsail, Middle, Masonboro and Myrtle Sounds. Be-tween
Bogue and Stump Sounds are four estuaries, known as
Bo2;ue, Bear, Brown and New Inlets. Between Core and Bo^ue 7 7 O
Sounds is another estuary, forming the harbor of Beaufort, and
the Cape Fear River expands at its mouth so as to form another.
The difference in latitude, over two and one-half degrees, be-tween
the most northerly and southerly of these sounds indicates
considerable climatic difference ; but the area upon which oys-ters
can live is considerably within the northern extreme, and the
climate, consequently, so far as it affects molluscan life, may be
considered uniform. Currituck and Albemarle Sounds are
excluded from consideration, as they are practically of fresh
water. Albemarle Sound, however, receiving as it does the
waters of several large rivers and containing within its own limits
5,631,400,000 tons of fresh water, whose only outlet is Pamp-lico
Sound, exercises an important influence upon all forms of
life in the latter body; and occasions will arise in the future as
in the past, when that influence will be so great as to bo destructive
to the organisms existing about the head of the Sound.
Object Description
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| Full Text | Document No. 7.] [Session 1887. P. M. Hale, State Printer and Binder. REPORT ON THE WATERS OF NORTH CAROLINA, WITH REFERENCE TO THE CULTIVATION OF OYSTERS, TOGETHER WITH THE RE-SULTS OF THE SURVEY OF THE OYSTER BEDS. THE AREA EXAMINED. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. The waters subject to the jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina consist mainly of twelve Sounds, extending and cou- Dected with each other along the coast from the Virginia line, in Lat. 36° 33' N. to the Cape Fear River, in Lat. 34° 53' N. In the order in which they occur from north to south they are Cur-rituck, Albemarle, Croatan, Roanoke, Pamplico, Core, Bogue, Stump, Topsail, Middle, Masonboro and Myrtle Sounds. Be-tween Bogue and Stump Sounds are four estuaries, known as Bo2;ue, Bear, Brown and New Inlets. Between Core and Bo^ue 7 7 O Sounds is another estuary, forming the harbor of Beaufort, and the Cape Fear River expands at its mouth so as to form another. The difference in latitude, over two and one-half degrees, be-tween the most northerly and southerly of these sounds indicates considerable climatic difference ; but the area upon which oys-ters can live is considerably within the northern extreme, and the climate, consequently, so far as it affects molluscan life, may be considered uniform. Currituck and Albemarle Sounds are excluded from consideration, as they are practically of fresh water. Albemarle Sound, however, receiving as it does the waters of several large rivers and containing within its own limits 5,631,400,000 tons of fresh water, whose only outlet is Pamp-lico Sound, exercises an important influence upon all forms of life in the latter body; and occasions will arise in the future as in the past, when that influence will be so great as to bo destructive to the organisms existing about the head of the Sound. |
