INDEX. 1291 



Chloride of Sodium (from Chlorine, Gr. chloros, greenish-yellow ; a 

 greenish-yellow gas obtained from common salt ; a powerful 

 disinfectant and bleaching agent) a compound of Chlorine and the 

 metallic base of soda, 315. 



Chlorophyll (Gr. chloros, and phyllon, a leaf) the green colouring mat- 

 ter of plants, especially in leaves. 



Chondrine (Gr. chondros, cartilage) a gelatinous liquid obtained from 

 the tissue of cartilage in the ribs, trachea, nose, &c., 315. 



Choissy, M. de, 641. 



Christiania, 153, 187. 



Christiansund, 153, 166. 



Christchurch, A large oyster dredged off, 389. 



Cicero, 36, 48, 50. 



Cilia, minute filaments on the surfaces of animal membranes, endowed 

 with quick vibratile motion, 77, 102, 103, 135, 155, 626. 



Circe, Oysters of, 282. 



Cirri (Lat. pi. of Cirrus, a curl of hair) curled filaments, 141, 142, 147. 



Cirripedia (Lat. cirrus, and pes, the foot) crustaceans of the barnacle 

 kind, so called from their long, slender, jointed, curling-in arms, 



155- 

 Citrello, The, 666, 667. 



Citro, The, 667. 



Claires, 495, 617, 618, 619, 621 ; difference between pares, crassats, and, 

 1175 ; description of a claire, 492, 493 ; what kind of ground most 

 suitable for, 493, 495 ; trials with, at Fossemort, 534, 535 ; at 

 Marennes, 493, 564, 600, 601 ; area of, at, 567 ; number of oysters 

 contained in the, 567 ; at La Tremblade, 568, 569 ; at Arcachon, 

 571,572; Lahillon, 574, 575; He des Oiseaux, 575, 576; Saint 

 Joseph, 580, 581 ; Brittany, 599; Verdon, 629, 634; La Rochelle, 

 632; Le Rocher, 546; on the banks of the Seudre, 632, 485; at 

 at the He de Re, 484, 560, 561 ; number of, at, 488 ; aggregate 

 number of oysters in the, at, 488 ; revenue of 488 ; hectares of 

 ground in, 488 ; numbers of proprietors of, 488 ; number of pares 

 and, in, in 1863, 490. 



Claires, 588. 



Clams, 172, 1 88; used as bait, 266; lose flavour in contact with ice, 

 338 ; how to keep fresh and sweet, 338. 



Clarke, Mr., 139. 



