INDEX. 1283 



Belon, near Quimper, 539, 549, 683; The River of, 539, 540; Con- 

 cession to MM. de Mauduit and de Solminihac, 539 ; Extent of, 

 539 ; Oysters at, beautifully shaped, and exquisite in taste, 539 ; 

 description of, 539 ; pre-eminence of the establishment at, 539 ; 

 divided into pares and basins, 540 ; Oysters preserved and reared 

 in cases at, 540 ; spat from Auray, poured into oyster-boxes at, 

 540; the average yearly growth of the oyster at, 541; method of 

 treating oysters at, 541 ; interesting phenomena in the pares of, 

 541, 542; successful attempts at reproduction, 542; number of 

 saleable oysters at, 542 ; number of oysters preserved in the pares 



at, 542. 



Belt, The Great, 659. 



Bennett, Mr. Edwin, 454, 459, 460. 470, 471. 

 Bentinck, M.P., The Right Hon. G. C., and the Fishermen of Poole, 



376-79. 

 Bergen, 1 66, 169. 



Berkshire, 201, 206. 

 .Berlin, 271, 272. 



Bernon, 553. 



Berre, Lake, large extent of 683 ; richness of its marine fauna, 683 ; 

 presents best conditions for breeding edible shell-fish and other 

 fish, 684 ; oysters scarce at, 684 ; character of the shore and water 

 at, 684; a promising experimental oyster pare in, 684; proves to 

 be more adapted for mussels, 685 ; suggestions for future experi- 

 ments in oyster culture at, 685. 



Berthelot, M., 223. 



Bertram, James G., The Harvest of the Sea, cited, 115, 116, 121, 250, 

 251, 265, 266, 362-64, 480-97. 



Bifurcating striae (Lat. bi twofold, furca a fork, and stria a furrow) 

 small channels or thread-like lines in the shells of cockles and other 

 substances divided into two branches or forks, 165. 



Bilin, Bohemia, 213, 214. 



"Bill of fare," An ancient Roman, 46; Old English, 59. 



Billingsgate, 117, 262, 353, 354, 370; Eightpenny tax on all oysters 

 sold there, 251 ; and London, consumption of oysters, 247, 250. 



Bisse del legno (the Teredo) 279. 



Bivalve Molluscs (Lat valva a folding door, and mollts soft) animals 

 whose bodies are soft (as snails, oysters, and other shell animals) 



having two shells or valves, which open and shut, 84, 129. 



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