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EDIBLE BRITISH MOLLUSKS. 



Pinna forms a dish at an Attic ban- 

 quet, 141. 



Pinna at Dawlish, 138. 



Pinna, or nacre, described by 

 Pliny, 139. 



Pinna a recherche dish at Naples, 

 141. 



Pinna pectinata, 138. 



Pinna soup, 142. 



Pinna wool, 140. 



Pinnae fried like cutlets, 142. 



Pinnophylax, 139. 



Pinnoteres, 139. 



Pinnotheres pisum, 51. 



Pinnotheres veterum, 51. 



Piscinola, the famous diver, 168. 



Planorbis corneus yields a dye, 132. 



Plato recommends the polypus to 

 be boiled or roasted, 165. 



Pliny and the luminosity of the 

 Pholas after death, 161. 



Pliny mentions several kinds of 

 snails, 10. 



Pliny recommends snails for a 

 cough, 8. 



Pliny's observations on the scallop, 

 97. 



Pliny's supper, 11. 



Poisoning by green oysters at 

 Kochefort, 79. 



Poll's method of cooking Cardium 

 rusticum, 39. 



Polpo, Italian name for the com- 

 mon poulp, 165. 



Polynesian method of catching 

 cuttlefish, 167. 



Polypus said by Pliny to arrest 

 haemorrhage if bruised and ap- 

 plied, 170. 



Polypus, its dangerous powers, 168. 



Polypus, symbol of Messina, is 

 figured on a medal of that citv, 

 174. 



Pontoppidan's description of the 

 kraken, 169. 



Pope, the, uses a purple robe to 

 celebrate Mass in Lent and Ad- 

 vent, etc., 132. 



Porphyra shellfish, discovery of 

 the, 129. 



Potage a la Poissoniere, 85. 



Poulp, habits of, 166. 

 Poulp in the Mediterranean, 165. 

 Poulp, large, at Nice, 167. 

 Poulps live in holes amongst rocks, 



166. 

 Poultry fed on Patella vulgata, 



121. 

 Poultry fed with lustreless pearls 



and grain, to restore brilliancy 



to the pearls, 61. 

 Powder-horns, 138. 

 Price of Haliotida? in Channel 



Isles, 115. 

 Price of Helix aspersa, 17. 

 Price of Helix nemoralis, 16. 

 Price of Helix pisana at Marseil- 

 les, 16. 

 Price of Helix pomatia, 17. 

 Price of Helix vermiculata, 17. 

 Price of mussels taken at Lyinp- 



stone, 47. 

 Price of ovsters at Billingsgate in 



1864, 80. 

 Price of scallops, 98. 

 Prices of Scotch pearls, 53. 

 Principal oyster beds, 70. 

 Professional pilgrim at Santiago 



de Compostella, 111. 

 Proper seasons for visiting Spain 



for scientific purposes, 19. 

 Proportions for mixing the juice of 



the buccinum and pelagium for 



dyeing wool, 130. 

 Protection to English pilgrims, 



107. 

 Proven caux names for Helix 



aperta, 15. 

 Psammobia vespertina, or " the 



setting sun," 149. 

 Psammobia vespertina eaten at 



Kenmare, 149. 

 Psammobia vespertina, localities 



for, 150. 

 Pudworm, 161. 

 Puerto, Santa Maria, supplies 



Madrid with oysters, 80. 

 Pullers, sugar-loons, or colliers, 



155. 

 Pullet, or cullyock, 142. 

 Pullet, or cullvock, used for bait, 



143. 



