CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



Page 

 History and Antiquity of the Oyster as an article of food. . 1 



CHAPTEE II. 



Laws relating to Oyster Fisheries 7 



CHAPTER III. 



Natural History and Anatomy of the Oyster 12 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Reproduction and Growth 17 



CHAPTER V. 



Enemies of the Oyster 28 



CHAPTER VI. 



List, and Account, of the principal Oyster-heds 30 



CHAPTER VII. 



Suggestions for the Formation of new Oyster-beds and the 

 Preservation of old ones 33 



Appendix 37 



