| Show oyster 80 years old ali an oyster eighty years old has been taken from delaware bay it is report ed ea scientific investigators agree and asa assort art that the age of nn an oyster Is indicated by the ridges or waterlines on its shell just as the age ot of a tree Is indicated by the annual rings that form on its trunk A ridge arrears appears on nn an oyster every year according to these savants savanis sa up tip to the fortieth year after that the shell takes on one only every ten years this en cralle erable delaware oyster had 44 ridges hence it was el eighty city years yeara old |
