APPENDIX. 



Since the whole of the foregoing portion of this little work 

 was written, I have had my attention called to the Report of 

 Mons. Coste to the Emperor of the French, headed " L'Em- 

 pereur a re9u de IM. Coste, Membre de FInstitut, Professeur 

 d^Embryogenie comparee an College de France, le rapport 

 suivant," and published in the Moniteur of the 18th of June 

 1858. 



Mons. Coste does not differ materially, in the mode he 

 recommends for the renovation of the old beds and repro- 

 duction of new ones, from my short suggestions given in the 

 last chapter of this work. This coincidence shows that the 

 same remedies to preserve the old beds of oysters, and pro- 

 duce new ones, are judged applicable to both sides of the 

 Channel and to the neutral ground, and that by an amicable 

 arrangement a much larger supply might be furnished to the 

 markets of both England and France. I subjoin, for the 

 information of those who may not have seen the Report of 

 Mons. Coste, a few extracts from his recommendations, 

 merely mentioning that Mons. Coste and myself were both in 

 ignorance of what the other intended to propose, or even that 

 cither intended to propose anything, until within the last four 

 days (July 21) I had a copy of the Report of Mons. Coste 

 placed in my hands. Mons. Coste, after enumerating the 

 bad state of the French beds, writes : — " To this deplorable 

 state of matters there is one remedy, of easy application, of 



