INDEX. 1273 



Agay, Bay of, 687. 



Agricola, 38, 943. 



Agriculture, The State Board of (Carolina), 852, 853. 



Aigues-Mortes, 676. 



AJbertus, 225. 



Albumen, a thick glairy substance which forms a constituent principle 

 of plants and animals, and exists nearly pure in the white of an 

 egg and the serum of the blood, 99, 112. 



Alcyonium digitatum (Gr. hah the sea, kuo to hatch, and Lat. digitus, 

 a finger or toe), a zoophyte, like sponge, of a reddish white, ferru- 

 ginous or orange colour, very common on our shores, known by 

 various popular names, such as cows'' paps, dead man's fingers, &c., 

 1058. 



Aldea Velha, 201. 



Alder and Hancock, Messrs., 77. 



Aldrovand, 56, 75, 100, 225. 



Al^ae (Lat., sea-weeds and sub-aquatic plants), 1 161. 



Algeria, 144, 172, 181. 



Algerian shells, 149. 

 coast, 166. 



Alkalies (alkali ; Ar. al. and kali, ashes), a salifiable base, having an 

 acrid taste, and the power of changing blue vegetable colours to 

 green, sucb as potash, soda, and ammonia, 95. 



Alkaline earths, 95. 



" All about Oysters," cited 286, 290, 297, 303. 



Allegu, M., 641. 



Allen, Grant, 28. 



Allman, Professor G. J., 94, 95, 1 136. 



Altirtie, 207. 



Ambulacral organs, 227. 



America, 333, 335, 350, 388, 631. 

 North, 144. 



\vest coast of, 149. 



size of oysters on, 157. 

 South, 206. 



The great Pinna found on some parts of the coast of, 935. 

 100,000 barrels of oysters exported from, to England, 352. 

 Oyster Culture in, 713-861 ; Introductory Remarks, 713-720; the 



