102 FISH. 



C. Kingsley's interesting work " Glaucus," as 

 when dredging for sea-weed, &c., he accumulated 

 the information there imparted. I have often, 

 when fishing or wild-fowl shooting, gone ashore 

 at low water and made a good lunch on the fine 

 oysters I have knocked off the rocks, where they 

 are found in great quantities in some of the har- 

 bours and bays of our coast. I am very glad to 

 see that a company is just started, under the able 

 management of Mr. J. Mitchell, for the purpose 

 of working Dr. Kemmerer's Patent for the collec- 

 tion and cultivation of oyster spawn or " spat." 

 By using the Dr/s invention tiles are substituted 

 for the stone collectors, coated with a kind of 

 mortar sufficiently tenacious to resist the action 

 of the water, but soft enough to permit of the 

 ready scaling off of the young oysters ; these tiles 

 can be used over and over again by coating them 

 fresh with the mortar each time. The south 

 coast of England is the most suited for breeding 

 oysters. 



