INDEX. 



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Tapes decnssata common near Ex- 

 mouth, 143. 

 Tapes decussata, called purr, and 



butterflsh, 143. 

 Tapes decussata, how to find, 144. 

 Tapes decussata called Clouvisso 



or CloTJsse on the French coast, 



144. 

 Tapes decussata highly prized by 



the Spaniards, 144. 

 Tapes au naturel, Almejas al na- 

 tural, 146. 

 Tapes, potage of oysters and, 



Menesira de Ostras y Almejas, 



146. 

 Tapes pullastra, puBet or cuUyook, 



142. 

 Tapes pullastra, a common species, 



143. 

 Tapes pullastra used for bait in the 



Northern Isles, 143. 

 Tapes ragout, Almejas guisadas, 



146. 

 Tapes sauce. Salsa de Almejas, 



146. 

 Tapes soup, Sopade Almejas, 145. 

 Tapes Tirginea varies much in 



colour, 144. 

 Tapes Tirginea at Dawlish and 



Tenby, 144. 

 Taprobane, island of, most pro- 



ductire of pearls, 55. 

 Tarentine, red, 131. 

 Tarentum, ancient dyeing-houses 



at, 131. 

 TaTcrnier's pearls, 60. 

 Tellinid*, 149. 

 Tellinidffi rarely used for food in 



Great Britain, 149. 

 TeUinidse mentioned by Athenseus, 



150. 

 Tellinidae, sauces made of 150. 

 Teredo, account of the, 157. 

 Teredo said to be good to eat, and 



excelling all shellfish, 160. 

 Teredo navalis and Teredo norre- 



gica, 160. 

 Teuthidae, 173. 

 Teuthis, Aristotle speaks of the, 



which has ink of a pale colour, 



173. 



Theognis, riddle of, 127. 

 Theophrastus on the habits of 



snails, 16. 

 Thrushes partial to snails, 10. 

 Tootoofe, 167. 

 Torbay-noses, or Oxhorn cockles, 



43. 

 Torbay-noses, to dress, 44. 

 Trabea, Romulus uses the purple 



dye for the, which was purple 



and white, 132. 

 Trabea, Serrius mentions two 



otiier kinds of, 132. 

 Trabea, the royal robe worn by the 



early kings, 132. 

 Trade, oyster, with Belgium, 71. 

 Trade, pickled oyster, between 



London and Glamorganshire, 



75. 

 Trade in snails at Covent Garden, 



9. 

 Tridacna gigas, shells of, used for 



holy-water, 82. 

 Trigonia pectinata, an Australian 



bivalve, 117. 

 Trigonia pectinata, bracelets, 



brooches, etc., made of the 



shells, 117. 

 Trochidse sold occasionally as 



winkles at Jersey, 136. 

 Trochus found in the Creggaun 



heap, with the shells of the 



oyster, mussel, etc., 83. 

 Trogmuscheln, 152. 

 Trompetenschnecke, or Kinkhorn, 



127. 

 Trough-shell, or Mactra, 151. 

 Troyes supplies Paris with the ap- 

 ple or vine snails ready boiled 



in their shells, 18. 

 Tumps, 121. 

 TurbineUidse, 126. 

 Turbinella rapa, or chank shell, 



126. 

 Turbinella rapa as a wind instru- 

 ment, 126- 

 Turbinella rapa sawn into rings 



for anklets and bracelets, 126. 

 Turbinella, reversed shells of, 



highly prized by the Chinese, 



126. 



