i]V2 KErORT OF TflH COMMISSIONEll OF FISH AND FISIIEUIES. 



1058 b — Hyton, T. C. A History of the Oyster iiud the Oyster Fisheries. I^ondon, 

 John Van Voorst. 1858. 8^, 40 pp., 6 plates. 



Treats of (1) llistorj* and antiquity of the oyster as an article of food. (2) Laws of Great 

 Britain relative to oyster li.sliurios. (3) Natural history and anato!iiy of the oyster. (-1) 

 Kcproduction and growth {O^treaeduUs). (5) Enemies of the oy.st(^^. (6) List and account of 

 the principal oyster beds of (heat IJritain. (7) Snggeations for the formation of now 

 oyster beds and the preservation of old ones. 



1858 c— Auonymoiis. Essay on oysters. ^Irish Quarterly Keview, Duliliii, 1858, 



vol. VII, pp. 801 ft scq. 



1859 a— Pell, Robert L. Edible fishes of New York. ^Transactions of tiie New 



York State Aj;ricnltiiral Society, with an Abstract of the Proceedings of 

 the County Agricultural Societies. Albany, 1859, vol. xviii, pp. 334-397. 

 Tlie oyster is discussed on pp. ;j94-396, the principal feature being statistics on theextent 

 of the industry in Maryl.nnd in IS.'iS. '' 



1859 b — Anonymous. Oyster culture in France. <^Londou Practical Mechanics 

 Journal, Loudon, May, 1859. 



Di'scribo.s briefly the experiments made in oyslercullure by the Government of France 

 iu the Hay of St. Brionc, on the coast of France. 



1859 c — Anonymous. Oyster manufactui'e. <^Journal of the Franklin Institute, 

 Philadelphia, 1859, vol. 68, pp. 197-198. 

 Abstract of 1850 6. 

 I860 — Martin, W. C. L. Traveling oyster bods. <^Recreative Science, London, 



1860, vol.1, p. 96. 

 1861a — Dickens, Charles (Editor). Oysters. <A11 the Year Round, London, 

 March 16, 1861, vol. iv, pp. 541-547. 



Discusses the '• morals " of the oyster and its edible qualities, with many references to 

 historical celebrities who were fond of them. 



1861b — Hall, Anna Maria. Concerning oysters. <;St. James Magazine, London, 

 August, 1861, vol. II, pp. 66-74. 



A compilation of well-known facts relative to the distribution and abund.Tueo of oysters. 

 Also reviews briefly the oyster nicss-age of Governor Wise, submitted to the Virginia 

 Legislature in ISOO. 



18Slc — Anonymous. Oysters. <[Chamber8' Journal. Edinburgh, 1861, vol. 36, 



pp. 336 et seq. 

 1862 a — Bertram, James G. The fisher folk of the Scottish east coast. <^Mac- 



niillan's Magazine, Loudon, October, 1862, vol. vi, pp. 501-512. 

 Contains a description of the oystermen of Great Britain and their operations. 



1862 b — Anonymous. Cultivation of oysters on the west coast of France. ^Times, 

 London, November 13, 1862. 

 Uescribes the operations of the French Government and the results thereof. 



1862 c — Anonymous. Kentish oysters. <[Loudon Society, London, 1862, vol. iii, 



p. r.61. 



1853 a — Fortin, Pierre. Listof theCetacea, Fishes, Crustacea, and Moliusca, which 

 now inhabit and have inhabited the Canadian shores of the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, and are the object of fishing operations, whetlier on a lai'ge or 

 small scale, and which are used as bait, etc. <^ Annual Report of Pierre 

 Fortin, Esq., Magistrate in Command of the Expedition for the Protection 

 of the Fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, during the Seasons of 1861 

 and 1862. Quebec, 1863, pp. 109-124. 



1863 b — Jeffreys, John Gwyn. OsUridce. <Britiah Couchology, London, John 



Van Voorst, 1863, vol. ii, pp. 37-48. 

 Brielly reviews several previous writings on the subject of oysters and their culture. 

 1863 c — Masson, David. Oysters: A gossip about their natural and economic his- 

 tory. <Macmillau'8 Magazine, London, March, 1863, vol. 7, pp. 401-408. 



A compilation relative to the methods of culture then practiced in France and Kagland, 

 with references to many historical celebrities who were foad of oysteri. 



