1346 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



388, 389 ; opposed by the Board of Trade, 379 ; Board of Enquiry 

 before C. E. Fiyer, Esq., in iSSi, 379; and before Sir Horace 

 Walpole in 1875, 377. 



Poor Robin's Almanack, 1719, cited 243. 



Port-de-Bouc, 636, 676, 684, 685, 686. 



Porto Bello, 528. 



Port Vendres, 688. 



Portsmouth, 166, 261. 



Portugal, ref., 380, 563. 



Oysters accommodate themselves to all waters, 570 ; abusive capture 

 of, allowed in, 694; and American, 577; and the French, experi- 

 ments with them by artificial fecundation, 611-642; reproduces 

 naturally in the lower Gironde, Arcachon, 674 ; in the pares of St. 

 Vaast-la-Hougue, 674 ; rapidly developed edible quality of, at 

 Arcachon, 684 ; trifling reproduction of, in France, and cause of the 

 failure, 593 ; the spat of, alone adherent upon collectors in the 

 Ponds of La Tremblade, 569; whence they originated, 570; 

 original introduction into French waters 570, 571, 612 ; non- 

 existent on the French coasts in 1850, 612 ; found in the Gironde, 

 on the coasts of Oleron, 592 ; at the mouth of the Charente, and 

 in the basin of Arcachon, 612; curious phenomenon of those in 

 the basin of Arcachon, 612 ; The culture of them in French 

 waters, may lead to serious evils, and why, 591, 592; Artificial 

 fecundation of, 611 ; marvellous fecundity of, 628; the fecundity 

 surpasses that of the French Oyster, 570; considered from a com- 

 mestible and commercial view, 639, 640, 641 ; Mediterranean coast 

 favourable for the propagation of, 633; description of the, 570; 

 hardy qualities of, 570; embryos endowed with powerful vitality, 

 570 ; large size, and easy production of, 694 ; superior medicinal 

 qualities, 694 ; the most popular for relaying, and why, 354 ; are 

 obtainable all the year round, 355 ; close season not applicable to 

 to them, 355; whence they originate, 570; their introduction and 

 acclimatisation, due to accidental cause, 612; difference in taste, 

 612; has no resemblance to that of the Ostrea edidis, 612; 

 differ in flavour and habits, 612 ; not an oyster in a Zoo- 

 logical point of view, 590 ; Hybridisation between, and the 

 genus ostrea impossible, 590 to 594; sexuality of, 612; easily 



