INDEX. 



Abbey seal, with figure of St. James, 

 or St. Jacques, 108. 



Acclimatization of Ostrea Virginica 

 on the French coast, 143. 



Acclimatization of Venus mercenaria 

 in St. George's Channel, 34. 



Achatina, power of, to ward off evil, 

 198. 



Action for trespass, 64. 



Admirable and most famous snail- 

 water, 215. 



African snails mentioned by Pliny, 

 223. 



Aillado, sauce for snails, 244. 



Allouret, or bird net, 59. 



Almeixa-bravas, or Piddock, 4. 



Almejas, or Tapes, 27. 



Almejas al naturel, 29. 



Almejas blancas, 29. 



Almejas cocidas, 29. 



Almejas guisadas, 29. 



Alasmodontae, used for artificial pro- 

 duction of pearls, 75. 



Ambergris, genuineness of, 252. 



American box stew, 157. 



American Clam acclimatized on the 

 French coast, 34. 



American oyster, Ostrea Virginiana, 

 143. 



Amethystine purple produced from 

 Murex trun^ulus, 205. 



Amroth. submerged forest, 4. 



Ancient Greeks used shells as trum- 

 pets, 196. 



Andorrihas, 123. 



Anecdote of Dr. Black and Dr. 

 Hutton, 231. 



Anglo- Dutch oysters, 137. 



Anglo -Portuguese oysters, 141. 



Anglo-Saxon dialogues, 127. 



Animals adorned with pearls, 92. 

 Anklets and bracelets of chank- 



shells, 195. 

 Annual Colchester oyster feast, 128. 

 Anodonta cygnea eaten in Leitrim, 



74. 

 Anodonta edulis, 74. 

 Anodontae and Unionidaa used for 



bait, 74. 

 Another soueraigne Medecine for a 



Web in the eye, 212. 

 Antient cryes of London, 136. 

 Apicius discovers the art of pre- 

 serving oysters fresh, 125. 

 Aplysia hybrida emits a purple 



liquid, 206. 

 Aplysia, large, common at the Cape 



de Verd Islands, 206. 

 Aporrhais pes-pelecani, 189. 

 Area barbata, 85. 

 Area Noe, 85. 

 Arceddu giarnusu, 20. 

 Architeuthis, 251 

 Architeuthis princeps. 253. 

 Aristotle and cartilaginous fish, 64. 

 Aristotle's Lantern, 269. 

 Aristotle's description of razor-fish, 



14. 

 Arms of Buckenham Priory, 108 

 Articles made of Pinna silk, 88. 

 Artificial ovster-beds kno-\n in 



China, 125. 

 Artificial ovster-beds of Great Bri- 

 tain, 127. 

 Ai tificial oyster-beds of the Romans, 



125. 

 Ashes of calcined shells of S3pia for 



extracting weapons from wounds, 



246. 

 Aspergille, or Hjlix aspersa, 226. 

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