290 



EDIBLE BRITISH MOLLUSCA. 



Athenseus and the Ephesian mus- 

 sels, 69. 



Athenaeus recommends roasted So- 

 lens, 15. 



Athenseus recommends Tellinidae, 

 19. 



Aulo of the Romans, 14. 



Auris marina, 180. 



Australian freshwater mussel, 75. 



Aviculidue, 85. 



Avineiras, 104. 



Awabee, or Awabi, 65. 



Bagava, 93. 



Bags and pockets for mussels made 



of old nets, 60. 

 Bajaina, name for Helix aspersa at 



Grasse, 226. 

 Bamboo oysters, 147. 

 Banarut, or Helix aspersa, 226. 

 Banded snails. Helix pisana, 229. 

 Baptismal shells mentioned in a list 



of Church ornaments, in the 



fifteenth century, 119. 

 Baptismal shells usually of silver- 

 gilt, 119. 

 Baptism, in private, a wooden shell 



used, 119. 

 Barretets, 178. 

 Barrois, escargotiere in, 224. 

 Beads of Strombus gigas, 176. 

 Beira, or great scallop, 104. 

 Belief in the power of the bones of 



St. James to work miracles, nearly 



died out, 116. 

 Berberichos, 42. 

 Berdigones, 42. 

 Bernicle, 178. 

 Bernigan, 178. 

 Bibarazza, 33. 

 Bibaronde di mare, 40. 

 Bibaron colorito, 22. 

 Bigorneau, 188. 

 Billingsgate market supplied with 



mussels from Holland, 62. 

 Birds feed on snails, 222. 

 Bishop Mayhew, 113. 

 Bisse del legno, 4. 

 Black cockle, 41. 

 Blacktish, or Tintenfisch, 246. 

 Bohrmuschel, or bteinbohrer, 4. 

 Bois, 206. 



Bosina, 196. 



Bouchots, or artificial mussel-beds, 



(X). 



Bouyer*s huge cuttle-fish, 255. 

 Bovolo, 229. 



Boyl-yas, or native sorcerer, 76. 

 Breeding pearls, 47. 

 Brennick, 178. 

 Bridge at Bideford, 64 

 British localities for Solen margi- 



natus, 14. 

 British oyster valued by the Romans, 



125. 

 British specimen of Helix aperta, 



227. 



Bruvane, 42. 

 Bucarde sourdon, 42. 

 Buccin onde, 191. 

 Buccinum used for bait for long-line 



fishing, 193. 

 Buccinum glaciale, 208. 

 Buccinum undatum, 191. 

 Buccinum, or whelk, carved on font 



in St. Clement's Church, Sand- 



wich, 208. 

 Bucios, 206. 



Buckies, or whelks, 193. 

 Burran Bank oysters, 134. 

 Burton Bindons, oysters called, 



134. 



Butterfish, price of, 26. 

 Butterfish, or Purr, 26. 

 Byssus of mussels, 64. 



Cabras, 24. 



Caesar, and the pearls of Great 



Britain, 73. 

 Caesar, Julius, prohibits unmarried 



women to wear pearls and purple, 



92. 

 Ca3sar, Julius, first wore the toga 



entirely of purple, 205. 

 Cagouillo, 226. 

 Calmar, 262. 

 Calamars, 262. 



Calamares at Palma, Majorca, 267. 

 Calamares eaten in Spain, 267. 

 Calamaretto, or Seppieta, 263. 

 Calcined mussel-shells make strong 



lime, 65. 

 Camadia, 31. 

 Camadia di luna, 33. 



