INDEX. 1305 



Francis, G. W., Dictionary, cited 304. 



Freeman, Mr., 467, 468. 



French Oysters, Importation of, in 1888, 355; description of, 274 



native vivacity to their love of, ascribed, 32 1 . 



Oyster Culture, 480 ; due in large part to private enterprise, 675 ; 

 annual payment for water territory, 486 ; adoption of the Lake 

 Fusaro system of oyster culture by the Government, 483 ; dangers 

 to the present state of oyster cultivation, 605-608 ; Corsican oyster 

 (Ostrea Cyrnusii} recommended for trial, 605; excessive fishing, 

 481-482 ; M. Coste and the Government, 482, 483 ; means em- 

 ployed to combat dangers, 605-609 ; number of oysters sent to 

 London in 1880, 605 ; number of persons employed in the industry, 

 637 ; not successful on the Mediterranean shores, 637 ; M. Coste's 

 former attempts fruitless, 604 ; question whether oyster cultivation 

 ought to be definitely abandoned in this part of, 604 ; species of 

 oysters at present living in Mediterranean, 604, 605 ; reasons why 

 the ostricultural industry has not fixed itself on the southern coasts, 

 637; state of oyster culture on the west and south coasts, 637; 

 possibility of propagating the oyster on the Mediterranean shores, 

 638,639; oyster farmers only " tenants at will," 486; Marquis of 

 Lome on oyster culture, 486, 489, 490, 498, 499, 500 ; value of 

 stock oysters in the beds, 486, 487 ; system of oyster culture 

 unsuccessfully attempted on the German and Sleswick coasts, 643. 

 Oyster fanners, character of, 494 ; contrasted with Scotch, 495. 

 Oyster farms, Number of people employed on the, 500 ; exhausted 

 through greed of proprietors, 497. 



French and Portuguese Oysters, Experiments with, in artificial fecun- 

 dation, 6n, 642; "Natives," difficulties in procming in the 

 ostricultural centres, 641 ; Southern shores, decadence of, 688-690. 



"Frills," 172, 188. 



Frog, Parts of, eaten by the Parisians, 307 ; Germans, 307 ; Viennese, 



307- 



Fronds (leaves of palms or ferns) 95. 

 Frontignan, Pond of, 635. 

 Frost, destructive to oysters, 239. 

 Fry, Misapplication of the term, 105; reference to, 155, 162; Eyton on 



the appearance and habits of, 155. 

 Fryer, C. E., Esq., Inspector of Fisheries, 379. 



