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INDEX. 
Abbey seal, with figure of Sfc. 
James, or St. Jacques de la 
Hovre, 104. 
Acclimatization of Ostrea Virginica 
on the French coast, 81. 
Action for trespass, 48. 
African snails mentioned by Pliny, 
11 . 
Allouret, or bird net, 45. 
Almejas, or Tapes, 145. 
Almejas al natural, 146. 
Almejas blancas, 145. 
Almejas eocidas, 146. 
Almejas guisadas, 146. 
American Clam acclimatized on 
the French coast, 102. 
American oyster, Ostrea Virginica, 
81. 
Amethystine purple produced from 
Murex trunculus, 131. 
Amount of oysters annually ab- 
stracted from the open sea, V3. 
Amroth, submerged forest at, 159. 
Ancient English cookery, 63. 
Ancient Greeks used shells as 
trumpets, 127. 
Anecdote of Dr. Black and Dr. 
Hutton, 18. 
Animals adorned with pearls, 56. 
Anklets and bracelets of chank 
shells, 126. 
Annual Colchester oyster feast, 71. 
Anodonta cygnea eaten in Leitrim, 
62. 
Anodontae and Unionidse used for 
bait, 62. 
An other soueraigne Medecine for 
a Web in the eye, 4. 
Autient cryes of London, 76. 
Apicius discovers the art of pre- 
serving oysters fresh, 69. 
Aplysia hybrida emits a purple 
liquid, 132. 
Aplysia, large, common at the Cape 
de Verde Islands, 132. 
Apple or vine snail. Helix poma- 
tia, 1. 
Aristotle’s description of razor- 
shell, 39. 
Aristotle and cartilaginous fish, 48. 
Aristctle’s Lantern, 176. 
Arms of Buckenham Priory, 104. 
Articles made of Pinna silk, 141. 
Artificial oyster-beds of Great 
Britain, 70. 
Ashes of calcined shells of Sepia 
for extracting weapons from 
wounds, 164. 
Aspergille, or Helix aspersa, 14. 
Athenseus and the Ephesian mus- 
sels, 52. 
Athengeus recommends roasted 
Solens, 40. 
Athenaeus and the Tellinidse, 150. 
Aulo of the Romans, 39. 
Aureille de mer, 113. 
Auris marina, 113. 
Australian freshwater mussels, 63. 
Aviculidse, 138. 
Awabee or Awabi, 49. 
Bags and pockets for mussels made 
of old nets, 46. 
Bajaina, name for Helix aspersa at 
Grasse, 14. 
Banarut, or Helix aspersa, 14. 
Banded snail. Helix pisana, 2. 
Baptismal shells, mentioned in a 
