I33 8 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



591; to what they owe their popularity, 564; winds delay or 

 favour the greening, 568 ; recommended as an article of food for 

 everyone, 494 ; muddy ground excellent for the growth of, 493, 

 494 ; change of the qualities of, when cultivated in mud ponds and 

 marl, 494 ; in pares, develop mainly in thickness, 541, 542 ; in 

 cases develop mainly in size, 541 ; the nearer brought to continu- 

 ous currents, more they gain in size, 542. 



Oysters, great abundance of, in Islands of East Indian Archipelago, 

 69; in New Holland, 69 ; in Bay of Bengal, 69 ; gregarious, 120 

 (living in flocks or herds) ; grilled, 293 ; growing on trees, 63 ; 

 Heligoland, 274 ; Holstein, 274 ; how and when to eat them, 275, 

 279, 280. 281, 336, 337; how eaten in Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, 

 Bruges and Lille, 271 ; how to keep for many weeks, 269 ; how to 

 keep and treat them when lauded, 369 ; how long they keep their 

 flavour, 315, 316 ; how to tell if dead before opening, 331 ; how to 

 open a packed barrel of 269 ; how named in Paris, 271; in May, 

 August, and October, 244 ; in September, 247 ; in China, 33 ; in 

 Indian Sea, a foot in diameter, 39 ; in Spain, 44, 87 ; in perfection 

 about Christmas, 244 ; ice harmful to, 338 ; Illyricum, 44, 87 ; 

 iridescence of, 87, 143; Irish, laid down at Whitstable, 117; at 

 Herne Bay, 117; rough, coarse flavoured, unpalatable, 117; arti- 

 ficially bred, and full growth attained in few months, 118; 

 Johnson, Dr., dislike of, 61, 62 ; ketchup, 303; Kottiar, at, 39; 

 killed by a moving sandbank, 239; laid on their flat sides are 

 rendered less accessible to cold, 580; Lisbon, the beards always 

 black, 259 ; life saved by eating, 316, 317 : List of, to aid taste and 

 selection, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336; List of, belonging to 

 genus Ostrea, 126; London Street, 250; London, prices of, in 

 1867, 349; London, the, when bred and fattened, 249; Lucrine, 

 4 J > 49> I 5 I > 2 75 >' macaroni and, 299; male, black sick, 57; 

 maturing of the, 260; medicinal virtues of, 40; Mediterranean 35, 

 38, 275, 604, 605; Middlesburger, 274; millions of, imported for 

 improvement of condition, 122; Milton, 67, 244; mince, to, 296; 

 miser, and the, 319, 320, 321 ; much difference as to time of spawn- 

 ing amongst, 244; names of wines to drink with, and spirits best 

 suited to enhance the taste of, the, 281 ; natural, in Europe, but 

 not plentiful, 252 ; New Holland, 69 ; Neuwerker, 274 ; not eat- 

 able in June and July, 246 ; not eaten by the Andamanese, 200 ; 



