INDEX. 1367 



extent of public and other oyster grounds at, 360 ; and Colchester, 

 Times, The (ref.) 453 ; Native and Dutch oysters, 353. 

 Oyster Beds, named the "happy fishing grounds," 358; held by a 

 Joint Stock Company, 360 ; how the beds are worked, 362, 363, 

 364; number of French oysters relaid each year at, 1112 ; number 

 of oysters always lying on the, 367 ; oysters from Arcachon laid 

 down in the, 502. 



Oyster Farms, of the wealthiest and largest Oyster Corporation in 

 the world, 360; the extent of the layings at, 361 ; annual expen- 

 diture for labour in the, 361 ; the course of works at, described, 

 361, 363, 364; "commons," 362; " natives," 362, 363; brood 

 brought from Prestonpans and Newhaven to, 363 ; French 

 oysters reared at, too often sold as real natives, 364 ; how to 

 detect this fraud, 364 to 366. 



Oyster Fisheries, The, 357-373 ; fishermen, clannishness of the, 367 ; 

 quantity of brood bought by the Company in 1858-59,985; sum 

 borrowed by the Company at the commencement of their fishery, 

 992 ; Incorporation of the Company of Free Fishers and Dredgers 

 of, 367. 



Oyster Grounds, remarkable fall of spat on the, 125 ; effect of the 

 weather on the grounds under water, 98 1 . 



Whitley, Mr. George C., Letter from, cited 260. 



Wicklow Head, 1007. 



Wigwam Cove, 205. 



Wilkinson, Sir George, Ancient Egyptians, cited, 32. 



Willett, E. H., 1009. 



AVilliams, Charles, Mr., Silvershell, or the Adventures of an Oyster, 

 cited 36, 37, 58, 59, 60, 61, 67, 68, 69, 74, 75, Si, 82, 83, 84, 85, 



9 2 ,93>9 8 >99> I00 > i9' T 93> 2OI > 2O2 > 2II > 22 5> 22 6, 2 44- 2 45 

 246, 247, 248, 264, 265, 282, 283, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 947, 948. 



Will, 161. 



Willis, Dr., on Oysters, 154. 



Wilson, Dr. Daniel, Prehistoric Remains, cited 54. 



Winkle, 200. 



Winslow, Lieutenant Francis (ref.) n, 644, 1140; methods and results, 

 Report on the Oyster Beds of the James' River, Va., and ol 

 Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds, Maryland and Virginia (1881) 

 cited 240, 241, 252, 786, 837. 



