CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



INTRODUCTION, v 



I. THE POSSIBILITIES OF OYSTER CULTURE, ... i 



II. THE ANATOMY OF THE OYSTER, 15 



III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OYSTER, .... 41 



IV. THE ARTIFICIAL CULTIVATION OF OYSTERS, . . 69 

 V. A TALK ABOUT OYSTERS, 198 



VI. THE REMEDY, 207 



VII. THE CAUSE OF THE DECLINE OF OUR OYSTER IN- 

 DUSTRY, AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR NAT- 

 URAL BEDS, 145 



