INDEX. 1319 



Le Claire, M., Establishment of, 550. 



Le Ces, 573. 



Le Chateau, Western Coast of France, 333. 



Leeuwenhoeck, cited 78, 98. 



Leicester, Earl of, 259. 



"Leien," 646. 



Leland, " Itinerary," cited 358, 367. 



Lenac, Dr., 317. 



Lentulus (Lisenbahrt), cited 307. 



L'Hopital, M. Commissaiy at La Teste, 589, 592, 593, 609, 641. 



Le Martray, 560, 561. 



Le Pirou, 522. 



Le Rocher, 54^. 



Le Ronquet, 522. 



Le Roux M. Eugene, 547, 550, 559, 598. 



Leroy, Dr., 316. 



Les Chasses, 558. 



Les Jacquets, 573. 



Les Sables d'Olonne (ref.), 557, 560, 614 ; astonishing growth of the 

 oyster at, 558, 559 ; basin of Les Chasses, 558 ; effects of the 

 example set by the Ministry of Marine at, 557, 558 ; methods 

 based on theories opposed to those of M. Pozzi at Ludre, 558 ; 

 no currents at, 558 ; rearing and fattening at, 558 ; the spat 

 brought from Auray, 559 ; how conveyed to and how reared at, 

 559 ; water seldom changed in the basin a whole month without 

 any bad effect, 558 ; when ostriculture began to engage attention 

 at, 557 ; about 10,000,000 oysters raised yearly at, 560 ; the mode 

 of treating oysters at, 559 ; size of oysters reared by M. Monnier, 

 559 ; size of oysters reared by Dr. Leroux, 559. 



" Le Travailleur," the ship, 574, 576. 



Leucate, pond of, 635 ; Lake (ref.), 676, 686, 687 ; formerly possessed 

 of well-stocked oyster beds, 686 : its revival of oyster culture 

 urged, 686 ; likely to become an ostricultural centre, 686 ; pro- 

 duced the finest Mediterranean oysters, 686. 



Le Verdon, non-success of, and the cause, 569 ; origin of the Portu- 

 guese oyster at, 570, 571 ; ostriculture still in its infancy at, 569 ; 

 MM. Peponnet's and Tripota's efforts since 1874, 569 ; the old 

 bank of, Richard or De Goulee, at, 570. 



