Report U.S.T.C. 1888 
Plate LXXXVIII 
Chart H. 
Changes in Composition of Flesh, of Oysters 
in Floating . 
Experiment 1. 
i. ii. m. 
TSTutri live Ingre clients . 
MINERAL MATTERS. 
Salts, e. g . Chlorides, Sulphates, etc. 
CARBOHYDRATES . 
93 allied to Starch, Sugar, 
PROTEIN . 
Flesh (mits ale) forming substances 
like those in the " lean ” or meats 
and rish , cctsein (curd) or' milk, glu* 
I Constituents in loo parts by 
weight before floating . 
II Constituents in loo parts by 
weight after floating . 
III In Floating , loo parts were 
increased to 120.8 and 113.6 in 
the respective experiments . 
Experiment Z . 
II. III. 
