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energetic fishmonger the enterprise of supplying Glas- 

 gow with " the food that feeds, the living luxury," by 

 imitating the processes by means of which their ancient 

 productiveness has been more than restored to the ex- 

 hausted oyster-banks along the coasts of France. 



When the Clyde is no longer oysterless, let us hope 

 that the motto of the western metropolis of Scotland 

 "Let Glasgow Flourish" shall, in addition to its 

 device of a salmon, exhibit the figure of an oyster ; in 

 token of benefit received from the successful prosecu- 

 tion of oyster-culture. 



