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Alcyonium digitatum, in oyater beds. ..-. 40, 53 
Alcyonidium gelatinosum in oyster beds. - 40 
American coast, oyster territory of....... 60 
Animal life in oyster beds..-............- 3 
Appropriation of oyster beds by the King. 32 
Arcachon, oyster beds in- -17, 21, 22, 42, 45, 57, 62, 64 
Artificial extension of oyster territory. --. 45 
OVSterDEdSs ase sess cece ei seeee elo 42 
on the British Coast. 20 
OY Sferbrecding 5c sssceeee meee 42 
Artificial oyster breeding: 
INEM TANCO stew Ss ais Bie verse ee eens e cee e 116)'57,.58 
Im:Greatebritaimecis. sea secmoceeee sees 20 
on) German: coastice noo. ose cccec bee 2 
COS OP Ne sect aM aeiese eeeiee eho Sct 9 
Artificial oyster ponds.-.-.......-......-. 18 
Aspidophorus cataphractus, on oyster 
bankksjs-425 5. 2. re tes Actes 40 
Asteracanthion rubens in oyster beds. --. 39 
Auray, Brittany, oyster beds at.......... 57, 58 
breeding in..---- 42 
Baird, Spencer F., report on the condition 
of the sea fisheries of the south coast of 
New England, cited --3...-.--.- 22.2... 60 
Balanus crenatus, in oyster beds......... 40 
Baltic Sea, experiments in oyster planting 28 
freshness of, excludes oysters. 28, 29 
Bay of Arcachon, oyster beds. 17, 21, 22,42, 45, 27,62, 64 
Bioceenosis of oyster banks............... 39, 41 
Blake, Mr., on cost of artificial oysters... 20, 21 
Bockh, R., Sterblichkeitstafel, &c., cited... 35 
Breeding boxes for young oysters ..-...-. 18 
of oysters, artificial ........-.--. 16 
British coast, artificial oyster bre@ding- -. 21 
Broca, P. de, Etudes sur l'industrie hui- 
triére des Etats-Unis, cited............. 60 
Buccinum undatum, in oyster beds. --.--. 39 
Burnham, England, oyster industry at. -- 59 
Cancale, oyster beds at - - - -37, 38, 39, 41, 49, 57, 58, 64 
Carcinus menas injurious to young oyster. 18 
IMOV SEL! DOGS is ers oe 39 
Cardium edule, in oyster beds ..-....-.--- 39 
Chemical constituents of the oyster ..... 50 et seq 
Clione celata in oyster beds -......-....-- 40 
amjoyster:shells,.-.25.-s...-- 11 
Coast-water desirable for oyster culture -. 14 
Colchester, England, oyster industry at .- - 59 
Cold;effect‘of ‘onioysters:--25..-.-2---.-- 23, 24 
Collin, Jonas, Om Ostersfiskeriet i Limf- 
orden cited) eas... eek sce oe cocee co cewane 31 
Coste, Prof.M., artificial breeding of oysters 16 
Cross-sectional view of oyster ...-....--- 11 
De Bon, Notice sur la situation de l'ostréi- 
culture enS75 ;clted 323 os. e cc css cls 19 
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Deep-sea Oysters) s22-- cee ones ace ae 15 
Desmidiz, on oyster banks ..--....---.... 40 
Destruction of oyster beds ........-..-...- 44 
of young oysters.........-..- 19 
of oysters, causes of..-...-.. 23 
Diatomacez, on oyster banks --.-..-.---- 40 
Didus ineptus, extinction of............ 30 44 
Difficulties in establishing artificial oyster 
beds along the German coast ..--. 21, 22, 26, 27, 59 
Dodecacera concharum, in oyster beds. - 40 
Dodo; extinctiontof-22-4--- a. 1 eee 44 
Dredging of oyster beds.-----.........2.. 40, 41 
fOLIOV Stems asec sos eee nee 7,8 
Dudgeon Light, England, oyster bed at... 36 
Eastern limits of the oyster in Germany.. 29 
Echinus miliaris, in oyster beds ........-- 39 
Eggs, number of, produced by oysters.... 12,16 
Exhaustion of oyster beds..--.......-..-- 27, 37, 38 
Embry OOysters\; 222 2..-5- 52 4s- ee seeseee 12,13 
development of ..-......-. 13 
Enemies of the young oyster-.-....-...-.-. 18 
Enlargement of natural oyster beds...... 2 
Examination by a royal commission. ..--. 33, 34 
Extension of oyster beds, hindrance to.. - 15 
Extension of oyster territory, artificial... 45 
Eudendrium rameum, in oyster beds ..... 40 
Fattening ponds in France: 
at mouth of the Seudre.. 57 
ati@léronesicesseceene ase 57 
near Sables-d’Olonne - ... 57 
neareWorientiosssse sees 57 
near Courseulles-sur-Mer 57 
Fattening oysters, artificially............- 43 
Female oyster, superior to male in flavor. . 52 
Flavor of the Marennes oysters .......-.. 2 
Of the Oyster <> 4-4-2 eh eee see 50 
dependent on saltness of water --. 14 
Floridiz, on oyster banks ...............- 40 
Moodiof Gheioystemeesesrcises4- seo tene ce 43 
Formation of the young oyster........... 12 
Fossil oyster bed near Blankenese.....--. 32 
oyster beds near Waterneversdorf. 30 
France, artificial oyster breeding in. .. -1, 16, 57, 58 
fattening pondsin'.2.:..-......--- 57 
oyster fisheries in -----..........- 64 
oyster production in.........---- 58 
transplanting practiced in .....-.. 2 
Freezing oysters, results of ............-. 13, 24 
French system of oyster breeding ...--.. 20 
Fruitfulness of the oyster.-.-.-...------. 14 
German coast, artificial oyster breeding. - 21 
coast waters, inadaptiveness. .21, 25, 26, 27 
OVStOr| COrritOLly.<-=-~.145\- + loaeen 3 
Granville, France, oyster beds at.......-. 57, 64 
