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but it has been said that the best are found at 
Purfleet, and the worst at Liverpool. The Tenby 
oyster is large and rather coarse; but when fat is 
well-flavoured, and excellent when well stewed or 
pickled. Colchester, and other places in Essex, 
are the great nurseries or feeding-grounds for sup- 
ANIMAL OF THE OYSTER. 
plying the metropolis, and indeed, in a great 
measure, England generally, with this highly 
flavoured species. Here the Oysters collected at 
various places on the coast, even as far as Scot- 
land, are brought, and laid on beds in creeks along 
