THii ECONOMIC MOLLUSCA OF ACADIA. 7 



Denys describes, and the same as is used to-day. During the 

 early part of this century, there were many works published, 

 describing the three provinces and their resources, either for 

 the encouragement of immigration or similar purposes. Many 

 of these contain lists of the edible forms, with occasionally 

 notes upon them. A fair sample of such lists is the following, 

 taken from Eobert Cooney's work, "History of Northern 

 New Brunswick and Gaspe," published in Halifax, in 1832. 

 Other Invertebrates are included, the Molluscs being italicized. 



All of these will readily be recognized by the readers of 

 the following pages. 



In M. H. Perley's report on the Fisheries of New Brunswick 

 (Fredericton, 1853), occur some really valuable though very 

 brief notes, and in the Descriptive Catalogue of the Fishes of 

 Nova Scotia, by Thomas F. Knight (Halifax, 1866), we 

 find quite the best account of the economic Molluscs 

 of these provinces which has appeared up to this time. 

 On pages 43 to 54 of the latter is an account of the 

 edible Molluscs of Nova Scotia, written by Mr. John 

 Willis.* Many valuable notes are found also in the annual 

 Fishery Reports of the Dominion. The splendid work 

 recently issued by the United States government, " History 

 of Useful Aquatic Animals" (Washington, 1S84), gives a very 

 good account of many of our Molluscs, but not with special 

 reference to our waters. Other works, likely to be of interest 

 in this connection, are mentioned in the list below. 



A complete discussion of the economics of the Mollusca, in 



*Mr. Knight saya that this work by Jlr. Willis, to which was appended a complete 

 list of the Molluscs of Nova Scotia, had already been published in a colonial periodical. 

 I have been unable to find, by careful inquiries, what that periodical was. I 

 would be deeply grateful to any one who could give me this information.— W. F. G. 



