190 



EDIBLE BRITISH MOLLXJSKS. 



list of Church ornaments in the 

 fifteenth century, 112. 



Baptismal shells, usually of silver 

 gilt, but real scallop-shells used 

 in some churches, 112. 



Baptism, in private, a wooden shell 

 used, 112. 



Barrois, escargoti^re in, 12. 



Baskets-full of razor-shells sold at 

 Tenby, 41. 



Beii'a, or great scallop (Pecten 

 maximus), 101. 



Belief in the power of the bones 

 of St. James to work miracles 

 nearly died out, 111. 



Berizon, or cockle, 27. 



Bernicle, 121. 



Bigorneau, 135. 



Billingsgate Market supplied with 

 mussels from Holland, etc., 47. 



Birds feed on snails, 9. 



Bishop Mayhew, 108. 



Bisse del legno, 159. 



Black cockle, 44. 



Blaokfiah or Tintenfisch, 164. 



Bohrmuschel or Steinbohrer, 159. 



Bouchots, or artificial mussel beds, 

 46. 



Bouger's huge cuttle-fish, 169. 



Boyl-yas, or native sorcerer, 63. 



Brading and its oysters, 73. 



Breeding pearls, 30. 



Bridge at Bideford, 48. 



British localities for Solen margi- 

 natus, 39. 



British oyster valued by the Ro- 

 mans, 68. 



British specimen of HeUx aperta, 

 15. 



Brown oyster sauce, 86. 



Bruvane, 27. 



Bucarde, 27. 



Buccinum, used for bait for long- 

 line fishing, 124. 



Buccinum undatum, 123. 



Buccinum, or whelk, carved on 

 font in St. Clement's Church, 

 Sandwich, 133. 



Buccin onde, 123. 



Buckie, whelk-tingle or sting- 

 winkle, 124. 



Burran Bank oysters, 74. 

 Burton Bindons, oysters called, 74. 

 Butterfish, price of, 143. 

 Butterfish, or Purr, 143. 

 Byssus of mussels, 48. 



CsEsar and the pearls of Great 



Britain, 55. 

 Cffisar, Julius, prohibits unmarried 



women to wear pearls and pur- 

 ple, 57. 

 Csesar, Julius, first wore the toga 



entirely of purple, 132. 

 Cagouille, 14. 

 Calmar, 171. 



Calamares eaten in Spain, 174. 

 Calamaretto, or Seppietta, 173. 

 Calcined mussel-shells make strong 



lime, 49. 

 Canestrelli di mare, or Pecten. 



varius, 99. 

 Caperli:)ngers, 138. 

 Cappa di San Gtiacomo, 101. 

 Cappa Santa, 101. 

 Cappa tonda, 39. 

 Caracola, 19. 

 Caracola del huerta, 19. 

 Caracola del mar, 19. 

 Caracola del rio, 19. 

 Caracoleros, 19. 

 Caracoles con Perejil, 28. 

 Caragoou, 14. 

 Caraguolo, 14. 

 Cardiadse, 27. 

 Cardium aculeatum found on the 



Devonshire coast, 88. 

 Cardium edule, 27. 

 Cardium rusticum, 36. 

 Cardium rusticum or tubercula- 

 tum, found at Paignton and 



Dawlish, 37. 

 Cardium rusticum, its leaping 



powers described by Mr. Gosse, 



37. 

 Carlingford oysters, 74. 

 Carriekfergus oysters, large size, 



74. 

 Cathedral at Panama, the steeples 



faced with pearl oyster shells, 



116. 

 Catherine de Medicis, 58. 



