IV PREFACE. 



much trouble and some cost. The last, consisting of 

 suggestions, may be regarded as a sort of summary, 

 or an attempt to adapt what I have learnt of the 

 habits and natural history of the Oyster to the British 

 Fisheries, thereby showing the manner in which their 

 productiveness may be increased. 



T. C. EYTON. 



Eyton, Wellington, Shropshire, 

 July 16, 1858. 



