This- broodj and other eyflerst. they 
carry to creeks of the fea at Bnckdjmy, 
Merjey^ Langno, Fingrego^ JVivenho, ToleJ- 
bury^ and Sall-coafey and there throw 
them into the channel-, which they call 
their beds or layers, where they grow 
and fatten, and in two or three years 
the fmalleft brood will be oyjiers of the 
fize aforefaid. 
“ Thgfe oyfiers which they would have 
green, they put into pits a-bont three 
foot deep, in the fait marlhes, which are 
overflowed only at fpring. tides, , to 
which they have flaices, and let out the 
fait water until it is about a foot and a. 
half deep, 
Thefc pits, from feme quality. in the- 
foil co-operating with the heat of the- 
“ fun, will become green, and coramuni- 
“ cate tlieir colour to the oyfters that are 
“ put into, them in four or. five days, tho’ ' 
“ they commonly let them continue there- 
“ fix weeks,- or two months, in: which time 
“ they wilLbe of a dark green, . 
“ To prove that the- fun operates in the* 
“ greening, T olejbury pits will green only 
“ in Siimmer .5 but that, the earth hath 
“ the greater, Brickle/ea pits 
“ both Winter, and Summer u and,,, for a 
“ further proof,, a pit within, a.foot.of a 
“ greening-pit, will not green j and thofe 
“ that did green very well, will , in time 
“ lofe their quality,. 
“ The oyjf'ersy, when the. tide comes in, 
“lie with their hollow fiieli downwards, 
“ and when it goes out they turn on the 
“ other. 
Cette race, & autre iîVpor» 
tent aux criques, de la mer, ‘à. BrickelJeayi 
Merjeyy LcingnOy FrîngregOy WivenhopToleJ^ 
bury y. & Salt-coajey & là’ il les jettent: 
“ dans la mer, & lés appellent les lits ou 
“ couches, ou les-huitres croilTent & en- 
“ graiflTent, & dans deux ou trois années- 
la plus petite race deviendra, des huitres 
de jufte- grandeur. . 
“' Ces huitres qu’ils, veulent faire vertes,., 
“fils mettent. dans.- des puits environ trois- 
“ pieds de profondeur, dans les marais fa4- 
“fiines, qui- font inondés - féulemen-t/ à..t 
“ hautes marées, , auxquels ils ont des* 
“ eclules- ai faire i’ëau fortir falée jufques,' 
** qu’elle foit environ- ùn pied & demi en. 
“ profondeur. . 
“ Ces puits, de qirelque qualité dans lé- 
“ terrein jointe a l’ârdeur du foleil, de- 
“ viendront vertes, & communiqueront*^ 
leur couleur aux huitres on y mette.-L 
“ dans quatre? au cincq jours, quoique- 
communément- -on iés laifîe continuer là - 
fix femaines, ou deux mois, dans lequelf 
“ tems elles feront,! d’une; couleur verte: 
“foncée, 
“ Pour., prouver que le foleil opéré ent 
“ les rendant vertes, les puits de Folejhury 
“ les feront vertes feulement en été j mais 
que le terrein a le plus grand pouvoir, , 
puits ■ de. Bricklejea feront vertes 
“ tant en Hyver que en Eté : & pour une.. 
“ preuve plus grande, un. puits diftant 
“ feulement un pied d’un autre puits qui 
** les rend vertes, ne les rendront point 
“ vertes s & les puits qui autrefois les ont 
“ fort bien rendues vertes,, en tems per- 
“ dera cette qualité. . 
“ Les huitresy quand la marée monte, font 
“ couchées la valve concave en bas, & 
“ quand elle defcend elles, fe tournent de 
“l’autre 
