Index 



357 



Lake Borgne, freshness of, 258 

 Pontchartrain, freshness of, 



258 

 Lease of bottoms, objections to, 



181 



of clam beaches and flats, 305 

 in Connecticut, 182 

 in Louisiana, 266 

 Little neck clam (see Hard 



clam) 

 Long Island Sound, natural 



oyster beds in, 178 

 protection of property in, 186 

 rate of oyster growth in, 262 

 Long neck clam (see Soft 



clam) 

 Louisiana, achievements of, in 



oyster culture, 266 

 history of oyster industry in, 



265 



legislature of, 265 

 oyster commission of, 265 

 publishes oyster laws in of- 

 ficial journal, 267 

 reserves bottoms for scientific 



experiment, 267 

 Lugger used in Louisiana, 135 

 Luggermen, first oyster planters 



in Louisiana, 260 

 Lynnhaven oysters, 188 



Mactra solidissima, the ' " sea 



clam," 29 

 Maine shore, clams of, 278 



oysters on, 175 

 Malthus on population, 2 

 Mangrove, oysters attached to 



roots of, 252 

 Manhattan Island, natural oyster 



beds about, 178 



Male cell (see Spermatozoon) 

 Mantle, ciliation of, 56 

 origin of, 47 _ 

 structure of, in bivalves, 19 

 Maryland, oyster laws of, 213, 



225, 227 

 definition of a natural oyster 



bed, 194 



early oyster industry in, 210 

 oyster commission of 1882, 



208 

 shell-fish commission of, 225 



Market, preparation of oysters 



for, in France, 87 

 Market, oyster, 141 

 at Baltimore, 209 

 at Biloxi, 254 

 at Mobile, 254 

 at New Haven, 203 

 at New York, 203 

 at Philadelphia, 204 

 Massachusetts, General Court 



of, 316 

 Fish and Game Commission, 



experiments by, 303, 313 

 present shell-fish laws of, 315 

 Bay, oyster beds of, in the 



i 7th century, 178 

 Matagorda Bay, oyster industry 



of, 267 



Maturation of the ovum, 43 

 Middens, kitchen, 176 

 Mississippi, oyster territory of, 



254 

 Mississippi River, crevasses in 



levees of, 263 



waterways, improvement of, 



affecting oyster culture, 264 



Mobius on water currents, 287 



Monopolies, fear of, 181, 224, 



266 



Moore, Mr. H. F., statement of, 

 concerning oyster growth, 

 262 



Mop for removing starfish, 156 

 Mt. Desert Island, oysters of, 



177 

 Mucus, of gill, use of, 53 



of other surfaces, 56 

 Mud and the destruction of 

 oysters north of Cape Cod, 

 177 

 experiments on the paving of, 



in Louisiana, 260 

 on the Florida coast, 253 

 on the French coast, 78 

 preventing the feeding of bi- 

 valves, 55 

 and the starvation of oysters, 



234 

 Mussel, black, as a food mol- 



lusk, 349 

 gills of, 31 

 as an oyster enemy, 161 



