Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-15
A Pleasant Trip.

Viewing the Oyster Grounds, Dredging,
 Gtc.-A Sail the Sound-Trfp of the
 Connecticut Academy of Science and
 Art.
 Yesterday afternoon the members of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Art and their ladies, also the Shell Fish commission and others-in all some seventy or eighty persons-availed themselves of an invitation extended by MT. Henry c. Rowe of Fair Haven, and paid visit to the oyster grounds of Mir. Rowe, out on Long Island Sound, go ing upon Mir. Rowe's fine oyster dredg- ing steamer the Gordon Rowe. Mir. Rowes mothers maiden name was Gordon and the boat received it's name in her honor. Among the party were the following professors: Brewer, E. $. Dana, Waldo, VanName, J. Willard Gibbs, Twin ing Dubois and Johnson T. Platt also J. B. Sargent, Henry B. Sargent, Miss May Sargent, Gen. Colin M. Ingersoll and wife, | Miss Julia Twining, the Misses Bristol of | Elm street, Rev. Thomas k. Bacon, Joseph A. Smith, Rev. H. c. Hovey and wife, Attor- ney Colby, Dr. Ayres, Mrs. Prof. Hadley, c. | F. Wurtz also the Shell Fish commission
 consisting of Wm. B. Hudson, Robert G. ] Kinney of the Hartford C0uaunt, Lieut. 1 Winslow of the United States navy, Dr. S. 1 NJ. Wiliston, assistant to Prof. Marsh of l Yale, Prof. Hubbard of Dartmouth College Rev. Mir. Leonard, late missionary in Turkey, l and wife, and Mrs. H. c. Rowe, Mrs. Ella l Dudley of Fair Haven. Letters of regret at l inability to come were received from Profs.
 Brush and Verril of the Sheffield Scientific school The party had delightful sail and l returned looking as if their trip had been in- 1 vigorating and refreshing The party went 1 over the oyster grounds of Mir. Rowe, which comprise 10000 or IL GOO acres and after | ward took sail on the Sound of a
 number of miles. The party were witnesses also of the operation of dredging oysters, ! which afforded much interest to all, very few l in the party having ever before seen the ] operation, and afterward some of the most ] luscious of the bivalves were opened and | served the visitors, number of expert oys- ter openers having been provided for the oc-
 casion and supply of lemons, dishes, etc. l This part of the exercises was under the i'm
 mediate charge of Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. Ella Dudley. During the trip the steamer passed l through water in which oyster spawn was
 abundant, and samples were placed under a powerful microscope, and most of those on
 board became eye-witnesses of the life and l appearance of the oyster at very early period in it's career. They saw the water l alive with what looked like infnitesimal tad poles, each with little tail to steer by.
 1 The Fish commissions work is to map out
 and designate to applicants all the oyster grounds of the State outside of town juris
 diction. There 300, 900 acres of sucE
 oyster grounds which belonged to the State
 part of which has been assigned to appli
 cants. The grounds assigned must be i'm
 proved within five years if not the ground
 thus uninproved reverts back to the State
 or if after testing it the grounds are founo
 worthless, the State takes it back and return:
 the money paid for it, which is one dollar
 and ten cents per acre.