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in a "wash," 362 ; cultivation of, by the Romans, 36 ; curried, 

 288, 289 ; dark, knowing the light from, 66 ; delicate perception of 

 the Romans, of different qualities in eating, 282 ; description of, 282; 

 Ostend, 270; difference of opinion as to their medicinal properties, 

 282 ; disputes about points in the natural history of, example of, 

 66; Doctors, opinions of, on eating, 313, 314, 316, 317; do they 

 burrow in the mud, 383, 384; double shelled, 274; doubtful use 

 of, by ancient Egyptians, 32 ; dredging, description of 257, 265, 

 266, 267 ; Dutch, 291 ; Dutch, 274, price of, in 1889, 353 ; dwarfed, 

 how caused, 420 ; East Indian Archipelago of the, 69 ; East 

 Rivers, price of, in 1889, 354 ; eaten by crows, foxes, monkeys, 

 raccoons, and by vultures, 233 ; eating raw, abhorrence of, by 

 Hon. Robt. Boyle, 61 ; Edinburgh "natives," 271; effect of 

 muddy bottoms, on, 125, 217 ; Enemies, animate and inanimate, 224, 

 232,233,239; English price of, 1863,314; Eocene, formation of the, 

 154; exclusion of enemies from, 123 ; export of, from Jersey (1828-32) 

 251 ; ibid (1863) 251 ; from Poole, 251 ; fat, when so, yield no 

 spat, 125; female, white sick, 57, 104; first historical mention of, 

 by Homer, 33; Fisheries, French, The, 274; Mr. Ash worth's 

 Pamphlets, cited, on, 492 ; fishery decline and cultivation, remark- 

 able circumstances bearing on the question of, 441 ; fishing on foot, 

 519 ; flavour of the, 251 ; food of, 369 ; foolish ideas of the moon's 

 influence upon, 50, 5f; modern correct reasons of, 154, 155; 

 foreign, relaid in English waters, lose native taste and shape, 332 ; 

 fossil, 85, 198, 199, 200, 201, 206; in chalk, 212; fossils, how 

 formed, 201, 202, 203, 204 ; fresh, used to cure freckles, 277 ; fried, 

 292 ; from France, 244 ; frost inimical to, 239 ; Germany, in the 

 north of, 272 ; gigantic, 199 ; Glamorganshire way of pickling, 301 ; 

 great advantage to persons of intemperate habits, 316; good and 

 tasty after eleven and seventeen days' journey, 270, 271. 

 Oysters, Green, 88, 156, 220, 221, 223, 274, 569; of Burnham, 145; 

 on the Welsh coast, coloured with copper from the mines, 145 ; in 

 the Isle of Cuhan, lose part of their colour in travelling, 549 ; 

 Marennes, 485, 492, 493, 494 ; universal reputation of the, 

 564 ; at Fossemort, 535 ; at Grand Camp, 518, 541 ; at La Trem- 

 blade, 568, 569 ; as to effects upon, 223 ; colour of, not general, 

 223 ; various opinions as to cause, 223, 569 ; when it begins to 

 show itself, 562 ; various causes assigned for their colour, 491, 564, 



