CHAPTER XXVIII. 



OYSTER CULTURE IN ITALY. 



XXXI. A REPORT ON OYSTER-CULTURE IN THE 

 MEDITERRANEAN, 1878. (a.) 



BY G. BOUCHON-BRANDELY, SECRETARY TO THE COLLEGE OF 



FRANCE. 



OYSTER-CULTUREOYSTERS AT THE GULF OF GENOA LABOURS OF 

 M. COSTE DESTRUCTION OF OYSTERS IN LAKE FUSARO 

 MESSRS. GASQUET'S OYSTER ESTABLISHMENT OYSTER PARCS 

 AT GIENS, BELON, AND AGAY ANALYSIS OF SEA WATER BY 

 M. SCHUTZENBERGER M. VIAND'S EXPERIMENTS FLOURISHING 

 CONDITION OF OYSTER-CULTURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 

 CAUSES OF DECADENCE, ETC. ANALYSIS OF SEA WATER BY 

 SCHWEITZER AND USIGLIO. 



IT is to Italy we are indebted for the idea of establishing 

 in France that branch of industry, so flourishing at the 

 present time, known as oyster-culture. The Romans were 



(a) Rapport au Ministre de 1'Instruction publique sur la Pisci- 

 culture en France et L'Ostreiculture dans la Mediterranee, par M. 

 Bouchon-Brandely, Secretaire du College de France. Paris : A. 

 Wittersheim et Ce.. Quai Voltaire, 31, 1878 (Extrait du Journal Officiel 

 des 16, 17 et 18 Mai 1878.) small 8vo. pamphlet, p. 103. Only that 

 portion of the report devoted to oyster-culture in the Mediterranean 

 (pp. 45 103) is reproduced here. 



