INDEX. 



197 



Mussel soup, 65. 



Mussel spawn) 45. 



Mussels suspended from ropes, etc., 

 attain a larger size than those 

 which live on sand or mud, 47. 



Mussels to be transplanted in July, 

 46. 



Mussels, value of, in times of scar- 

 city, 52. 



Mutton-fish, or Haliotis Iris, 114. 



Mya arenaria, 154. 



Mya, natives of the Congo river 

 collect a species of, 155. 



Mya used for skimming milk, 29. 



Mya, skin said to be poisonous of, 

 155. 



Mya truncata, 153. 



Myadse, 153. 



Myadse, habits of, 154. 



Myadse, Hampshire method of 

 cooking, 156. 



Mye des Sables, or Mya arenaria, 

 sold at Bordeaux, 155. 



Mytilidoe, 44. 



Mytilus edulis, 44. 



Mytilus modiolus, 52. 



Mytilus modiolus eaten in Ireland, 

 53. 



Mytilus modiolus called the poi- 

 sonous mussel at Tenby, 53. 



Nacherone, 139. 



Nahak, or rubbish collected by 



disease-makers in the island of 



Tanna, 125. 

 Napfmuschel, 121. 

 Napfschnecke, 121. 

 Napoleon I., the scabbard of his 



sword made of gold and mother- 

 of-pearl, 116. 

 Nassa reticulata, 83. 

 Nassia, or osier kipe, 124. 

 Neapolitans eat mussels raw and 



fried, 66. 

 Necklaces of limpet and other 



shells found in British graves, 



121. 

 Needle coated with copper, 79. 

 Nero's golden house, 115. 

 Neumann's description of the dog 



whelk, 127. 



Newcastle glassmen, feast of the, 



12. 

 Normandy oysters, 77. 

 Northumbrian oyster cultivation, 



74. 

 " Nottle Tor," 34. 

 Nympsfield, 121. 



Oatmeal and cockles, 36. 



Octopi prized by the N. American 



Indians, 165. 

 Octopodia eaten by the modern 



Greeks, 165. 

 Octopods in market at Smyrna, 



165. 

 Octopus vulgaris rare on British 



coast, 167. 

 Octopus vulgaris, specimens at 



Eastbourne and Babbicombe, 



167. 

 Octopus vulgaris, French method 



of cooking, 175. 

 Odd method of cooking an oyster 



described by Evelyn, 84. 

 02il de bouc, 121. 

 Oil of black snails, 7. 

 Old English rhyme on snails, 22. 

 Old pearls said to adhere to the 



shell, 55. 

 Olivette, or scallop, 99. 

 Ommastrephes, or flying squids, 



172. 

 Onyches, 161. 

 Orders of knighthood whicn used 



the scallop-shell as an ornament, 



109. 

 Orecchiale, 113. 

 Oriental pearls, 55. 

 Ormer, or ear-shell, 113. 

 Ormers fried or pickled in vinegar, 



117. 

 Ormer-shells used to frighten birds 



from corn in Guernsey, 114. 

 Ormers, Jersey market supplied 



with, from the French coast, 



113. 

 Ormer, to dress to perfection, 117. 

 Ormier, 113. 

 Ormond, 114. 

 Ostend oysters, 71. 

 Ostioue, 80. 



