INDEX. J 3 2 3 



Malm, 153, 169, 181. 



Malobathrum leaves, 283. 



Maltose, 329. 



Mammal, 196. 



Manilius, cited 50. 



Mantell, Dr., cited 208. 



Marine, the department of, 509, 511, 529, 531, 557. 

 administration of, 523, 531, 534, 537, 550. 



Marennes (ref.), 274, 350, 484, 485, 491, 518, 557, 562, 568, 614, 663, 

 684 ; and La Tremblade, the most important centres for fattening 

 found at, 599 ; beds of, 482 ; claires of described, 60 1 ; method of 

 working them, 60 1 ; considerable increase of the ostricultural 

 industry at, since 1873, 566 ; description of M. Faramond's works 

 at, 567 ; different opinions of oysters becoming green, 564 ; great 

 success of, 566 ; grounds worked at, comprehend ponds, depots, 

 and claires, 565 ; description of same, 565 ; importance of this 

 trade, 599; mode of greening oysters at, 491 ; number of green 

 oysters per annum furnished by the claires of, 1 1 6, 223, 493; 

 annual revenue from the sale of, at, 493 ; number of oysters taken 

 from the beds of, from 1853 to 1864, 482 ; number of Portuguese 

 and French oysters imported into, in 1 880- 1, 600 ; ditto exported 

 in 1 880-8 1, 600; number of shell-fish establishments at, in 1873 

 and 1876, 567; overdredgiug at, 481; process of rearing, 566; 

 prosperity of the oyster industry at, 567, 568 ; salt marshes con- 

 verted into claires at, 566 ; terms explained, 60 1 ; time of opera- 

 tion, 601 ; to what they owe their popularity, 564 ; unsuccessful 

 attempts at reproduction in, 564 ; wages of the workers at, 568. 



Marriott and Jordan, Messrs., Herne Bay inquiiy in 1881, 454. 



Marseilles, 687, 688 ; the gulf of, 637. 







Maritime population on the French coasts, 688. 



Martial, cited 36, 37, 52. 



Martin, M., 185, 547. 



Martigues, 684. 



Maryland, 207. 



Mason, Mrs. Charlotte, " The Ladies' Assistant," 1775, cited 290. 



Mangino, Pond of, 635. 



Mates, 677. 



Matrix, 95. 



