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EDIBLE BRITISH MOLLUSKS. 



Turbinella, consecrated oil kept in 

 reversed shells of, by the Chinese, 

 126. 



Turbinella rapa, or sacred shell of 

 the Baddhists, 126. 



Turbo cornutus, the snail pearl 

 shell, 115. 



Tympana, or hand-drums of the 

 ancients, 56. 



Tympania, or tambour-pearls, 55. 



Tyre and Beyroot, Helix ianthina 

 common on tlie coast about, 129. 



Tyre, the purple of, the best in 

 Asia, 130. 



Tyre, said by Strabo to hare liad 

 numerous dyeing works, render- 

 ing the city unpleasant as a place 

 of residence, 130. 



Tyre, holes observed there by a 

 modern traveller, Mr. Wilde, 

 cut in the solid sandstone rock 

 in which shells seem to have 

 been crushed, in ancient times, 

 131. 



Tyrian medals, 130. 



Tyrian purple hue given to wool 

 by soaking in the juice of the 

 Pelagia, and afterwards dipping 

 it in the juice of the Buccinum, 

 130. 

 Tyrian purple said to have been 

 produced from Murex brandaris, 

 131. 



Ulm, celebrated for its escargo- 



tiferes, 13. 

 Unionidae eaten in the south of 



Europe, 62. 

 Unionidffi, roasted in their shells, 



or drenched with oil, etc., 62. 

 Unionidse and Anodontfe used for 



bait in the neighbourhood of 



Nantes, 62. 

 XJnio margaritiferus, freshwater 



pearl-musael, 53. 

 Uuio Requienii and Unio litoralis 



found near Granada in the river 



Jenil and brought to the market, 



62. 

 Unio tumidus and Unio pictorum 



produce small pearls, 62. 



Talue of Mary, Queen of Scots' 

 pearls, 58. 



Vanneau, or olivette, 99. 



Various shells called clams, 101. 



Veglia, or Veggia, the Cyractica of 

 Strabo, 11. 



Veneridse, 142. 



Venus Chione,or Oytherea Chione, 

 148. 



Venus Chione recommended by 

 Poll as most excellent food, 148. 



Venus Chione found at Plymoutli, 

 etc., 148. 



Venus raercenaria, the clam, 102. 



Venus verrucosa, or the Warty 

 Venus, 147. 



Venus verrucosa sold in the mar- 

 ket at Algiers, 147. 



Venus verrucosa found in the En- 

 glish Channel, Channel Isles, 

 etc., 147. 



Venus verrucosa, to cook, 149. 



Venus verrucosa coUectedat Herm, 

 near Guernsey, for food, 147. 



Venus verrucosa eaten at Ken- 

 mare, Ireland, and also in 

 county Clare, 147. 



Venus verrucosa cultivated on- the 

 coast of Provence, 148. 



Vessels called " cogs," short and 

 of great breadtli, like a cockle- 

 shell, whence the derivation of 

 the name, 34. 

 Vignot, vignette, French names for 



periwinkle, 135. 

 Village of Charron, a large mussel 



trade at the, 45. 

 Vinaigrette, la, a sauce for snails, 



26. 

 Vrelin, or breUn, the periwinkle in 

 Brittany called, 135. 



Walton, the Irishman, first estab- 

 lished mussel beds on the French 

 coast, 45. 



Wampum, or Indian money, 102. 



Wampum made of the clam "S'enus 

 mercenaria, 102. 



Wampum, the, token of peace 

 amongst the American Indians, 

 102. 



