CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introduction, . . . . • . . . v 



Chapter I. — The Possibilities of Oyster 



Culture, i 



Chapter II. — The Anatomy of the Oyster, . 15 



Chapter III. — The Development of the 



Oyster, 41 



Chapter IV. — The Artificial Cultivation 



OF Oysters, ...... 69 



Chapter V. — The Cause of the Decline of 

 OUR Oyster Industry, and the Protection 

 OF our Natural Beds, .... 145 



Chapter VI. — A Talk about Oysters, . . 198 



Chapter VII. — The Remedy, .... 207 



