1336 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



of a multitude of other creatui'es, 94 ; Striae on the outer surface 

 of, what they are, 87 ; town built upon, 207 ; shell, uses by the 

 ancient Romans as cement, 52 ; medicine, 52 ; Tooth powder, 277, 

 52 ; now as manure, 207, 277 ; wonderful provision for its growth, 

 85, 86, 87. 



Oysters, abundance of on muddy bottoms, 207 ; Abydos of, 33 ; accli- 

 mation of foreign species of, how only to be obtained, 678; Acts 

 of Parliamant relating to, 55 ; age of, how to tell, 85, 447 ; moire 

 than 100 years old, 85 ; age they breed at, 109, 1 18 ; maximum of 

 their productivity, 109; all the year round, 125; American, 275, 

 352; amount of, taken off Arklow, in 1875-76, 256; analysis of, 

 315; Ancient British in the time of Agricola, 38; and all about 

 them, title page ; and chesnuts, 297 ; and champagne, a cure for 

 influenza, 321, 322, 323; and apples on St. James's Day, 246; 

 Shakespeare's application of this superstition, 246 ; and the 

 Levitical law, 33 ; animals found in the stomach of living, 208 ; as a 

 dressing for ulcers, 277 ; Anglo-Portuguese, when marketable, 

 354 ; most popular for relaying purposes, and why, 354 ; difference 

 between the shell of the, and that of the blue point, 354, 355 ; 

 annual consumption of, in London, 348 ; aquatic birds, 233 ; as an 

 external application, 328 ; a Ragout of, 293 ; atlets, 287, 288 ; 

 atlets curried, 288 ; a two inch ring useless for, and why, 420 ; an 

 Gratin, 304 ; a universal remedy, 321 ; Bamboo the, how grown, 

 276, 277; ban-en, possibility of, 106; benefits of eating, 313, 316, 

 322, 323 ; better than pills, 318, 319 ; black, 44, 88 ; boiled, 294, 

 295; boiled, Dutch way, 294; Boyle's .dislike of, 61 ; breeding, 

 do not fatten, 125 ; British first brought to the use of Romans in 

 the time of Agrippa, 45 ; and paid for by their weight in gold, 

 49; Bremer, 274; Bulk, in, injured by ice, 338; Burnham, 67; 

 Burran Bank, 256; by the ancient Romans, 37; Calais, 351; 

 Calais, number exported annually, 351 ; CalliUephara, preferred 

 by ancient Romans, 37 ; consumption of same in the time of 

 Nero, and in the dominion of Nero, 38 ; cannot prepare for repro- 

 duction in salt water, 627 ; cause of being imbedded in mud or 

 sand, 384, 385; Channel natives, 272; Chinese, when collected, 

 275, 276; close time for, 125; Circe, the, 275; Colchester and 

 Faversham, 244; Colchester, 67; cold weather, a frost, instance of, 

 346; Colne Natives in 1889, 353; common, 244; complement of, 



