Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-21
FISH AND OYSTER NOTES.

Reports from the seaside say that
they have had the largest catch of
oysters this summer ever known in
those waters, and that planted oysters
have made unusual growth.
Four negroes were captured longing
oysters in York river Saturday, August
sth, by Inspector Muse. They were
given hearing before Justice Teagle
and each fined $25 and cost. The depre-
dators appealed to higher court.
An Indiana girl went bathing in the
river one day last week and suddenly
sank. Her male escort dived after her
but found her singularly weighed down.
On getting her to land it was seen that
big turtle had sliced her great toe
and was holding on with resolved grin.
He landed both girl and turtle.
In Hardin county. KY, is a well that
Is full of fish and the bucket can never
be let down for water that from one to
half dozen are not brought up. The
family can have fresh fish for dinner
by Just going to the well and drawing
up bucket or two, and they are not salt
fish either.
Some varieties of fish can stand any
amount of cold without harm.
Perch will live in ponds which are
frozen perfectly solid in very hard
winters. The whitefsh of Canada caught
through holes in the ice, have been
picked up frozen so stiff that they would
break like brittle sticks, yet when care
fully thawed out showed signs of life.
1t is announced that the channel
which the Sinepuxent Salt Water Inlet
Company has been digging to connect
Sinepuxent Bay with the ocean will be
completed within the present month.
A "sand-blower. which is described az
a mighty machine for excavating in
sand, has been purchased and it is an
nounced by our contemporary, the Prin-
cess Anne Marylander and Herald. that
after the work on the channel is done
the machine will be used to throw sand
on the marshes back of Ocean Citv. on
the western side of Sinepuxent Bay.
by this meanssit is expected to convert
useless marshland and mosquito-breed-
ing grounds into valuable farms. The
grounds thus reclaimed to the ocean
will be used for oyster planting. The
southern end of Chincoteague Bav.
which is a fine body of water over five
miles wide, is open to the ocean and
produces excellent oysters. Baltimore
Sun.
Recently French scientist, visiting
a great fair IN the neighborhood of Ca
diz, took notice of the extraordinary
number of crawfish claws which. carried
by women on trays, were being sold bv
hundreds of thousands. Only the claws
were. offered for sale, with no sion
'f bodies; but the most remarkable
feature of the case was that the claws
we're all of them right-hand claws. On
Investigation he discovered the claws
we're those of fiddler crabs, of a par-
ocular species extremely plentiful along |
he shores of the Gulf of Cadiz. Like |
'ther crustaceans of this kind. thew
ave only one, the right claw. largely |
developed. the other being very small. |
however. these folders are not captur-
ID and destroyed for the sake of their
lngie claw. They are merely deprived
Il the member and released, in order
hat they may grow a fresh one. Bv
his ingenious means the little crabs |
re made to furnish a regular annual
rop OF claws, which are greatly priced
" Spanish epicures.