INDEX. 



193 



Eav-sliell, Haliotis tuberculata, 



113. 

 Ear-shells used in Guernsey by 



farmers to frighten birds from 



the corn, 114 

 Ear of Venus, 114. 

 Eastbourne oyster beds, 73. 

 Echinidae eaten by the ancients, 



179. 

 Echini, to cook, 180. 

 Eeliini best in autumn, 180. 

 Echini eaten raw Uke oysters, 180. 

 Echini move by means of their 



spines, 176. 

 Echinus in holes of rocks, granite, 



sandstone, and limestone, 177. 

 Echinus esculentus, 179. 

 Echinus esculentus the real oursin 



comestible,- 178. 

 Echinus granulosus, 179. 

 Echiniis in heraldry, 177. 

 Echinus lividus, or purple egg 



urchin, eaten on the west coast 



of Ireland, 177. 

 Echinus lividus eaten at Naples, 



179. 

 Echinus melo, 179. 

 Echinus sphsera, 176. 

 Echinus sphsera, shells of, 177. 

 Eledone cirrhosus, 166. 

 Elenchi, long pearl-shaped pearls 



called, 56. 

 Enemies of the oyster, 70. 

 Enthronization feast of WiUiam 



Warham, 133. 

 Escallop in heraldry borne not 



"only as a pilgrim's badge, 105. 

 Escallop shell, crest of Bower and 



of Bullingham, 104. 

 Escargotiferes, or snail gardens, 12. 

 Escargots, 14. 

 Esoourgol, 14. 

 Esnandes, 45. 

 Experiments by M. Cuzent on 



green oysters, 79. 

 Export of snails from Saintonge 



and Aunis to Senegal and the 



Antilles, 15. 

 Extracting copper from oysters,51. 

 Extravagance in jewellery from the 



12th to 16th centuries, 57. 



Eyilkier, 180. 



Ealmouth oysters sent to Maren- 



nes, 79. 

 Famine of 1816 and 1817, 15. 

 Fish and oyster culture company, 



75. 

 Fishing for mussels in Bay of Con- 



cepcion, 50. 

 Flia, 119. 

 Flitters, 119. 

 Folado, 161. 

 Foreign pearls, 54. 

 Fortunes predicted by snails, 21. 

 Fountain' of shells. 111. 

 French mussel breeders, 47. 

 French names for limpets, 121. 

 French names for scallops, 101. 

 Fried oysters another way, 89. 

 Frills or queens, 99. 

 Fuegiau women dive for sea-eggs, 



178. 

 Fusus antiquue, red or almond 



whelk, 132. 

 Fusus aiitiquus used as food, 132. 

 Fusus autiquus, shells of, used as 



lamps, 133. 

 Fusus antiquus sold in London 



under the name of whelk, 124. 

 Fusus antiquus, wliite variety, 133. 



Gambling by means of snail races, 



21. 

 Gaper, or Mya, 153. 

 Garden snail. Helix aspersa, 1. 

 Garden walks made of cockle 



shells, 28. 

 Gatliering cry of pilgrims, 108. 

 Glamorganshu-e way of pickling 



oysters, 94. 

 Glow-worm, lines on a, 161. 

 Gofiehe, or scallop, 101. 

 Goggle, or whelk, 29. 

 Gongola, or Mactra, 152. 

 Googawns and cuckoo-sliells, 124. 

 Gower, a Flemish colony, 28. 

 Gower people live on cockles, 28. 

 Gower method of cooking cockles, 



36. 

 Gower recipe for oyster soup, 85. 

 Grand'-pfelerine, 101. 



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