692 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



the latter establishment young oysters become attached to 

 fascines in the middle and at the mouth of the Gulf of 

 Spezzia, whence they are removed to the shallows accord- 

 ing to the system adopted at Taranto ; that the adhesion of 

 the young oysters to the fascines is difficult and incomplete, 

 but the growth eventually is exceedingly rapid, reaching 

 the dimensions of marketable oysters in one year ; the shell 

 is thinner and more fragile than those at Taranto, and they 

 generally have a rose tint on the interior of the shell. 



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