INDEX. 



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Tapes decussata common near Ex- 

 mouth, 143. 

 Tapes decussata, called purr, and 



butterfish, 143. 

 Tapes decussata, how to find, 144. 

 Tapes decussata called Clouvisso 



or Clovisse on the French coast, 



144. 

 Tapes decussata highly prized by 



the Spaniards, 144. 

 Tapes au naturel, Almejas al na- 

 tural, 146. 

 Tapes, potage of oysters and, 



Menes;ra cle Ostras y Almejas, 



146. 

 Tapes pullastra, pullet or cullyock, 



142. 

 Tapes pullastra, a common species, 



143. 

 Tapes pullastra used for bait in the 



Northern Isles, 143. 

 Tapes ragout, Almejas guisadas, 



146. 

 Tapes sauce, Salsa de Almejas, 



146. 

 Tapes soup, Sopa de Almejas, 145. 

 Tapes Virginea varies much in 



colour, 144. 

 Tapes Virginea at Dawlish and 



Tenby, 144. 

 Taprobane, island of, most pro- 

 ductive of pearls, 55. 

 Tarentine, red, 131. 

 Tarentum, ancient dyeing-houses 



at, 131. 

 Tavernier's pearls, 60. 

 Tellinidse, 149. 

 Tellinidae rarely used for food in 



Great Britain, 149. 

 Tellinidae mentioned by Athenseus, 



150. 

 Tellinidae, sauces made of. 150. 

 Teredo, account of the, 157. 

 Teredo said to be good to eat, and 



excelling all shellfish, 160. 

 Teredo navalis and Teredo norve- 



gica, 160. 

 Teuthidse, 173. 

 Teuthis, Aristotle speaks of the, 



which has ink of a pale colour, 



173. 



Theognis, riddle of, 127. 

 Theophrastus on the habits of 



snails, 16. 

 Thrushes partial to snails, 10. 

 Tootoofe, 167. 

 Torbav-noses, or Oxhorn cockles, 



43. 

 Torbay-noses, to dress, 44. 

 Trabea, Romulus uses the purple 



dye for the, which was purple 



and white, 132. 

 Trabea, Servius mentions two 



other kinds of, 132. 

 Trabea, the royal robe worn by the 



early kings, 132. 

 Trade, oyster, with Belgium, 71. 

 Trade, pickled oyster, between 



London and Glamorganshire, 



75. 

 Trade in snails at Covent Garden, 



9. 

 Tridacna gigas, shells of, used for 



holy-water, 82. 

 Trigonia pectinata, an Australian 



bivalve, 117. 

 Trigonia pectinata, bracelets, 



brooches, etc., made of the 



shells, 117. 

 Trochidae sold occasionally as 



winkles at Jersey, 136. 

 Trochus found in the Creggaun 



heap, with the shells of the 



oyster, mussel, etc., 83. 

 Trogmuscheln, 152. 

 Trompetenschnecke, or Kinkhorn, 



127. 

 Trough-shell, or Mactra, 151. 

 Troves supplies Paris with the ap- 

 ple or vine snails ready boiled 



in their shells, 18. 

 Tumps, 121. 

 Turbinellidse, 126. 

 Turbinella rapa, or chank shell, 



126. 

 Turbinella rapa as a wind instru- 

 ment, 126. 

 Turbinella rapa sawn into rings 



for anklets and bracelets, 126. 

 Turbinella, reversed shells of, 



highly prized by the Chinese, 



126. 



