ioS SHELL S. Class VI. 



the Hiftory of Rochejler^ in izmo, publifhed in 

 1776. 



< Great part of the inhabitants of Stroud ar# 

 c fopported by the fifheries, of which the oyfter 



* is moil confiderable. This is conducted by a 



* company of free dredgers, eftabliihed by pre- 

 1 fcription, but fubjeft to the authority and go- 

 c vernment of the mayor and citizens of Rocheftcr. 

 4 In 1729 an aft of parliament was obtained, for 



* the better management of this fifhery, and for 



* confirming the jurifdiction of the faid mayor and 

 c citizens, and free dredgers. The mayor holds 

 c a court of admiralty every year, to make fuch 

 c regulations as mall be neceffary for the well 



* conducting this valuable branch of fifhery. Seven 



* years apprenticeship entitles a perfon to the free- 



* dom of this company. All perfons catching 



* oyfters, not members of the fifliery, are liable 

 « to a penalty. The company frequently buy 

 i brood or fpat from other parts, which they lay 

 6 in this river, where they foon grow to maturity. 

 ; Great quantities of thefe oyflers are fent to Lon~ 

 fc don\ to Holland, Weftpbalia^ and the adjacent 

 i countries. 



4FQMIJ. XIV. Bivalve, inequivalve. 



One valve perforated near the hinge : affixed 

 by that perforation to iorf>e other body. 



Lin. 



