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INDEX. 



Abbey seal, with figure of St. 



James, or St. Jacques de la 



Hovre, 104. 

 Acclimatization of Ostrea Yirginica 



on the French coast, 81. 

 Action for trespass, 48. 

 African snails mentioned bv Pliny, 



11. 

 Allouret, or bird net, 45. 

 Almejas, or Tapes, 145. 

 Almejas al natural, 146. 

 Almejas blancas, 145. 

 Almejas cocidas, 146. 

 Almejas guisadas, 146. 

 American Clam acclimatized on 



the French coast, 102. 

 American oyster, Ostrea Vh'ginica, 



81. 

 Amethystine purple produced from 



Murex trunculus, 131. 

 Amount of oysters annually ab- 

 stracted from the open sea, 73. 

 Amroth, submerged forest at, 159. 

 Ancient English cookery, 63. 

 Ancient Greeks used shells as 



trumpets, 127. 

 Anecdote of Dr. Black and Dr. 



Hutton, 18. 

 Animals adorned with pearls, 56. 

 Anklets and bracelets of chank 



shells, 126. 

 Annual Colchester oyster feast, 71. 

 Anodonta cygnea eaten in Leitrim, 



62. 

 Anodonta? and Unionidse used for 



bait, 62. 

 An other soueraigne Medecine for 



a Web in the eye, 4. 

 Antient cryes of London, 76. 



Apicius discovers the art of pre- 

 serving oysters fresh, 69. 



Aplysia hybrida emits a purple 

 liquid, 132. 



Aplysia, large, common at the Cape 

 de Verde Islands, 132. 



Apple or vine snail, Helix poma- 

 tia, 1. 



Aristotle's description of razor- 

 shell, 39. 



Aristotle and cartilaginous fish, 48. 



Aristctle's Lantern, 176. 



Arms of Buckenham Priory, 104. 



Articles made of Pinna silk, 141. 



Artificial oyster-beds of Great 

 Britain, 70. 



Ashes of calcined shells of Sepia 

 for extracting weapons from 

 wounds, 164. 



Aspergille, or Helix aspersa, 14. 



Atheneeus and the Ephesian mus- 

 sels, 52. 



Athenseus recommends roasted 

 Solens, 40. 



Athenaeus and the Tellinidse, 150. 



Aulo of the Romans, 39. 



Aureille de mer, 113. 



Auris marina, 113. 



Australian freshwater mussels, 63. 



Aviculida?, 138. 



Awabee or Awabi, 49. 



Bags and pockets for mussels made 



of old nets, 46. 

 Bajaina, name for Helix aspersa at 



Grasse, 14. 

 Banarut, or Helix aspersa, 14. 

 Banded snail, Helix pisana, 2. 

 Baptismal shells, mentioned in a 



