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GENUS XV. OSTREA. OYSTER. 



Animal, a Tethys. ' ^ , . 



Shell inequi valve, rough with imbricated 

 scales. •' ^■'- '-'■-■■ ':.''" 



Lin. Syst. WAB. A'o. 211. List. Atigl. tah.iv. Jig. 26. 1. edulis, 



Gm. Lin. 3334. Lin. Tr. viii. 101. edihle. 



Faun. Suec. No. 2149. Mont. Test. Br. 151. 



O. commonly of an orbicular form, and very 

 rugged. A description of so well known a 

 shell is needless. Varies in size in different 

 places. Figured with an Anomia (A.) on it. 

 Tab. Ixv. Jig. 2. 



Britain has been noted for oysters from the 

 time of Juvenal,^' who satyrizing an epicure^ 

 says, .; - . . 



Circceis nata forent, an 

 Lucrinuilt! ad Saxum, Rutiipinove edita fiindo, 

 Ostrea, callebat primo deprendere morsu. 



He, whether Circes rock his oysters bore. 



Or Lucrine lake, or distant JtichhorougWs shore. 



Knew at first taste. 



The luxurious Romans were very fond of this 

 fish, and had their layers or stews for oysters. 



"' Satyr, iv. V. 140. 

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