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GLOSSARIAL, EXPLANATORY, AND REFERENTIAL. 



A. 



Academy of Sciences, the, 619, 1140. 



Acephala (Gr. a, and kephale, head), a class of mollusca having no 

 head, as the oyster, 156. 



Acheron, 1069. 



A Christmas-eve oyster supper of the bygone time, 281. 



Acclimatization Society, the, 350. 



Acorn barnacles, 1228. 



Act of Parliament referring to oysters, 62, 121, 253, 367, 452, 453, 

 457, 960, 961 ; the earliest, 958 ; Convention of 1833, 975 ; Con- 

 vention of 1839, 969, 975, 979, 995 ; the latter confirmed by Par- 

 liament in 1843, 995, 996, 970, 1004; Convention of 1844, 983 ; 

 revision of the latter, 983, 984 ; Customs Consolidation of 1853, 

 972; of 1855, 970-974; Herne Bay Fishery, of 1864, 452, 455, 



456, 459, 1017; of 1866, 391; Oyster and Mussel Fisheries, of 

 1866, 391, 986-989, 1002, 1004 ; " Some Remarks " upon the 

 latter, 989-995 ; Sea Fisheries, of 1868, 416, 428, 451, 452, 453, 



457, 459, 997, 1001-1005, 1007, 1017, 1019; Oyster and Mussel 

 Fisheiy Confirmation, of 1869, 457, 1001 ; Origin of the Sea 

 Fisheries, of 1875, 457> 1002; of 1877, 1003; Sea Fisheries 

 Regulation, of 1888, 1006 ; Private fishery granted by a local, 

 999 ; the Third Part Fisheries, 999. 



An, to promote the cultivation of Shell-fish in the Sate of Caro- 

 lina, 852. 



