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to work, if in the morning on leaving their houses a pig 

 should cross their path. 



In the ' Sporting Gazette/ December 24th, 1864, an 

 account is given of the discovery of a new oyster-bed in 

 Glenluce Bay, Mull of Galloway. The oysters are large, 

 and the fishermen think they are lying several feet deep. 

 An experimental steam-fishing vessel has been built at 

 Cockenzie; she is a dandy cutter-rigged craft, forty 

 tons burden, assisted with auxiliary screw steam power, 

 for the purpose of dredging oysters during the winter 

 months, and deep-sea trawling during summer. 



The celebrated " Pandore" oysters are principally ob- 

 tained from Prestonpans. They are so called from being 

 found in the neighbourhood of the salt-pans, and are 

 large and well- flavoured. 



Among the " Antient Cryes of London" we find the 

 following : — 



" We daily cryes about the streets may hear, 

 According to the season of the year ; 

 Some Welfieet oysters call, others do cry 

 Fine Shelsea cockles, or white mussels buy."* 



Oysters are also imported from the coast of Nor- 

 mandy and from Ostend ; and Dr. Knapp tells us that 

 not less than 800,000 tubs, each tub containing two 

 English bushels, are procured annually from the Norman 

 coast for the English market and the Channel Islands. 

 Dieppe has large oyster-beds, and the celebrated Rocher 

 cle Cancale oysters are well known. There are fisheries 

 at Granville, and the number of oysters taken in 1862 

 and 1863 was about 4,500,000 ; in 1861 and 1862 the 

 Granville boats took 13,396,677 oysters, which, being 

 sold at 18 francs the thousand, produced 241,140 francs. 



* Kirby's ' Wonderful Museum,' vol. ii. p. 233. 



