INDEX. 



309 



Turbo cornutus, the snail, pearl- 

 shell, 182. 



Tympana, or hand -drums of the 

 ancients, 90. 



Tympania or tambour-pearls, 90. 



Tyre, the purple of, the best in Asia, 

 203. 



Tyre said by Strabo to have had 

 numerous dyeing works, 203. 



Tyrian medals, 203. 



Tyrian purple from Murex bran- 

 daris, 205. 



Ulm, celebrated for its escargotierss, 



225. 

 Unionidse eaten in the south of 



Europe, 74. 

 Unionidae and Anodontse used for 



bait in the neighbourhood of 



Nantes, 74. 

 Unionidae roasted in their shells, 



74. 

 Unio margaritiferus, fresh-water 



pearl-mussel, 70. 

 Unio Requienii and Unio littoralis, 



74. 

 Unio tientsinensis, valves used in 



medicine, 75. 

 Unio tumidus and Unio pictorum 



produce small pearls, 73. 



Valves of Ostrea talienwanensis, cal- 

 cined, and used in medicine, 148. 



Valves of Pecten Japonicus used as 

 shovels, 117. 



Vanneau, or Olivette, 123. 



Various species of shells called clams, 

 104. 



Veglia, or Veggia, the Cyractica of 

 Strabo, 224. 



Veneridae, 25. 



Venus Chione, or Cytherea Chione, 

 31. 



Venus Chione recommended by Poli 

 as food, 33. 



Venus Chione, English localities for, 

 33. 



Venus gallina, 33. 



Venus mercenaria, the hard clam, 

 34. 



Venus mercenaria, consumption of, 

 34. 



Venus verrucosa, the warty Venus, 



30. 

 Venus verrucosa, sold in the market 



at Algiers, 31. 

 Venus verrucosa found in the 



Channel Islands, and English 



Channel, 31. 



Venus verrucosa, to cook, 33. 

 Venus verrucosa collected at Herm 



for food, 31. 



Venus verrucosa eaten in Ireland, 31. 

 Venus verrucosa cultivated on the 



coast of Provence, 31. 

 Vieiras, 104. 



Vignot, vignette, or periwinkle, 188. 

 Vinaigrette, la, a sauce for snails, 



244. 



Volandeiras, 123. 

 Vongola verace, 27. 

 Vongulu, 31. 

 Vrelin, or brelin, or periwinkle, 188. 



Walton, the Irishman, first estab- 

 lished mussel- beds on the French 



coast, 59. 



Wampum, or Indian money, 105. 

 Wampum made of Venus mercenaria, 



and other shells, 105. 

 Wampum, the token of peace 



amongst the American Indians, 



105. 

 Wampum, or belt belonging to 



William Penn, 105. 

 Wampum, a string of, 105. 

 Water-rats and Dreissena poly- 



morpha, 74. 



Wedge-shell, or Donax, 19. 

 Welsh rivers contain pearl-mussels, 



71. 

 Weolc, whelk in Anglo-Saxon is, 



200. 



Weolc-basn-hewen, meaning of, 200. 

 Weolc-read, or scarlet dye, 200. 

 Whelk, buckie, or conch, 1 94. 

 Whelk, or purpura, symbol of Tyre, 



203. 



Whelk soup, 208. 

 Whelk soup, another way, 209. 

 Whelks, a species used as trumpets 



in North Wales, 194. 

 Whelks for bait, 193. 

 Whelks supplied to Billingsgate 



