Xll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



Various Insects Eaten as Food. 



PAGE 



Cockchafers or Vers Blanc Eaten — Modes of Cooking — 

 Bees and Ants Eaten — Cossus of the Ancients — 

 Gru-grus or Palmworms — Caterpillars — Tobacco 

 Worms — Locusts — Extensive Use of Locusts in 

 Africa, Asia, and America — Various Modes of Cook- 

 ing — Termites Eaten in India and Africa — Silkworm 

 Chrysalids — Red Ants — Honey — Statistics of Pro- 

 duction — Lerp and Trehalose 347 



CHAPTER XI. 



Animal Food Furnished by the Crustaceans and 

 mollusca. 



Lobsters — Chemical Composition of the Lobster — Trade | 

 in, from Norway and Sweden — American Lobster ' 

 Trade — Canned Lobsters — Cape Lobsters — Lobster 

 Fisheries on the American Shores — Shrimps, varieties 

 of — Prawns — Dried Shrimps — Feasting on Live 

 Shrimps — Crayfish — Crabs, varieties of — Land Crabs 

 — Mollusca — Univalves — Edible Snails — Limpets — 

 Whelks — Periwinkles — Haliotids, or Ear-shells . . 376 



CHAPTER XII. 



Animal Food Furnished by the Mollusca and Radiata. 



Bivalves — Cockles — Oysters, Classification and Varieties 

 of — Statistics of French Production — Magnitude 

 of American Oyster Trade — Green Oysters — Ship- 

 ments of Oysters in Barrels and Cans — Statistics 

 of American Production — Canadian Oysters — 

 Scallops — Razor-fish — Clams, varieties of — Clam 

 Bake Feasts in the United States — Other Species 

 of MoUusks, Tapes, Venus, Pholas, &c. — ^Mussels- 

 French Trade in — British Consumption — Zoophytes, 

 Actima — Modes of Cooking — Curious Fish Dinner 

 — Cephalopods, Sepia, Octopi, Squids, Sea-Urchins 

 — Trepang or Beche-de-Mer — Varieties of — Large 

 Consumption of in China — Indian Exports — Leeches 

 and Worms Eaten 411 



