1334 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



73> T 33 > often shifted, the more it increases in size, 541 ; of marine 

 origin, 67 ; organs of breathing in the, 75 ; ovoviviparous, the, 101 ; 

 Pallium, or mantle of the, 72, 86, 119, 133; Pares, 116, harmful 

 to oysters in winter, and why ; Pares, first established amongst the 

 Romans, 43; Patties, 46; perils attendant on its birth, 216; 

 poisonous in summer, 145 ; Portuguese, The, 109, 113 ; Reflections 

 on an, 217, 218, 219, 220; reproduction of the, opinions relative to 

 the mode of, 156 ; respiratory organs of the, described, 77 ; secret 

 of its great digestibility, 314; secretory power of, 86, 87, 155; 

 " Shoots," what they are, 85 ; size of, at the age of three months, 

 118; slight increase of a stock of oysters notwithstanding the 

 fertility of the individual, reason for this, 124 ; stomach of the, 73 ; 

 structure of the, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 ; 

 " Stupid as an oyster," Shakespeare's cognizance of this proverb, 

 71; Theory of the "upper" and "under" shell, 65; of the 

 " right " and " left " valve belonging to, 65, 72 ; Tree, 68 ; twenty- 

 four eyes attributed to, 66, varies in different localities, 119; 

 ventricle, 74 ; vessels, proposed, 348, 349 ; weight of an, 157 ; 

 What is an, 58, 59, 64 ; when proverbially fit for human food, 242, 

 243 ; young, not killed by the cold weather or frost, instances of, 

 346 ; destruction of, at Hayling Island, 345. 



Oyster banks (ref.) 



Arcachon, in the basin of, 571; Bailleron, 554; Corbiere-6-les 

 Chaudieres called La Raie, 528 ; Georgia, 202 ; Hennebont River, 

 542; Le Bas-de-1'Eau, called Saint George's, 528; Le Vivier-6-le 

 Mont, called Le Beauveau-6-le-Mont, 528; L'Orne-6-le-Moulin, 

 528; River of La Trinite, 545; Richard, or De Goulee, 570; 

 Schleswig-Holstein, 645, 648, 649; ships wrecked on, 205. 



Oyster beds, Artificial, weeding and tending of, 359, in China, great 

 antiquity of, 275, 276; cost of working and profit from, 276; 

 artificial, 119, 123; artificial, at Tarente, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671 ; 

 in Lake Leucate 686, 687 ; Auray River, three leagaes in length, 

 594, 595 ; area of, 545 ; at present inaccessible, 349 ; Bay of Brest, 

 incalculable damage done to, by whelks, 536, 537 ; Belon, 539 ; 

 Brindisi, 664 ; Bumtisland, 258 ; Bay of St. Brieux, 248, 249 ; can 

 natural, be enlarged, and can new beds be laid down, 657, 658 ; 

 Cork Harbour, 256 ; Colne, 260 ; Charente, 350 ; Dartmouth 

 Harbour, valued at, ^"5000, 262 ; Der Rock, 350 ; discoveiy of one 



