INDEX. 1361 



Tarente (ref.) 676, 685, 692 ; abundance offish and shell fish in, annual 

 rental of, 667 ; character of the oyster of, 670 ; description of 

 the Little Sea, 665, 666; "horse feet" oysters greatly esteemed 

 by the Tarentians, 668, 699 ; method of oyster cultivation at, same 

 as practised in the time of Sergius Grata, 663 ; number of fisher- 

 men in, 671 ; number of oysters obtained annually from the pares 

 of, 670; oyster culture properly so called, only carried on in, 663 ; 

 poisoning of shell fish at, how caused, 670, 671 ; rapid growth of 

 the oyster at, 670 ; sale of, absolutely free, 670 ; submarine springs 

 at, 666 ; system of breeding oysters at, 669, 670 ; temperature of, 

 666, 667; The Little Sea at, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671 ; 

 the oyster pares of, 67, 668, 669, 670, 671 ; the " sea of blood," 

 at, 670, 671 ; the spawning season in the Gulf of, exceptionally 

 long, 669 ; the yield of oysters at, dependent upon the character 

 of the year, 669; treatment before forwarding, 670. 



Tarentum, 47, 151. 



Tangier Sound, 207. 



Tapes decussata 200, 68 1, (tapes, tapestry) (decusso, I cross like an X) 

 68 1 ; texturata, 68 1 ; taupes, The, 500. 



Tellina, 139. 



Temperature necessary for the cultivation of oysters, 122; oyster 

 larvae sensitive to, 106 ; of sea water at which it forms ice, 656, 657 ; 

 of water at Hayling Island, 348 ; of water at Giens, 678 ; at Lake 

 Berre, 684 ; of the Little Sea at Naples, 666, 667 ; of the North 

 Sea in winter, 654 ; of the Sea Flats of Schleswig-Holstein, 652, 



Ter, The river, 542. 



Terebratula, 141 (terebrare, to bore.) 



Terebratella Spitzbergensis, 142. 



Teredo, The, a genus of worms which bore the bottoms of ships and 

 submerged wood, excels all shell fish, 279; not eaten by the 

 Venetians, 279; and Pholas (to lie concealed) the only true 

 Monomyarian mollusca, 139. 



Terra del Fuego, 205. 



Tvthea, do they denote oysters, 33 ; and ascidia 34. 



Tcthos and Ostreon, are they the same ? 33. 



Tentacles (feelers) 94. 



Testacea, 198. 



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