INDEX. 
197 
Mussel soup, 65. 
Mussel spawn, 45. 
Mussels suspended from ropes, etc., 
attain a larger size than those 
which live on sand or mud, 47. 
Mussels to be transplanted in July, 
46. 
Mussels, value of, in times of scar- 
city, 52. 
Mutton-fish, or Haliotis Iris, 114. 
My a arenaria, 154. 
Mya, natives of the Congo river 
collect a species of, 155. 
Mya used for skimming milk, 29. 
Mya, skin said to be poisonous of, 
155. 
Mya truncata, 153. 
Myadse, 153. 
Myadse, habits of, 154. 
Myadse, Hampshire method of 
cooking, 156. 
Mye des Sables, or Mya arenaria, 
sold at Bordeaux, 155. 
Mytilidse, 44. 
Mytilus edulis, 44. 
Mytilus modiolus, 52. 
Mytilus modiolus eaten in Ireland, 
53. 
Mytilus modiolus called the poi- 
sonous mussel at Tenby, 53. 
Hacherone, 139. 
Nahak, or rubbish collected by 
disease-makers in the island of 
Tanna, 125. 
Napfmuschel, 121. 
Napfschnecke, 121. 
Napoleon I., the scabbard of his 
sword made of gold and mother- 
of-pearl, 116. 
Nassa reticulata, 83. 
Nassis, or osier kipe, 124. 
Neapolitans eat mussels raw and 
fried, 66. 
Necklaces of limpet and other 
siiells found in British graves, 
121 . 
Needle coated with copper, 79. 
Nero’s golden house, 115. 
Neumann’s description of the dog 
whelk, 127. 
Newcastle glassmen, feast of the, 
12 . 
Normandy oysters, 77. 
Northumbrian oyster cultivation, 
74. 
“ Nottle Tor,” 34. 
Nympsfield, 121. 
Oatmeal and cockles, 36. 
Octopi prized by the N. American 
Indians, 165. 
Octopodia eaten by the modern 
Grreeks, 165. 
Octopods in market at Smyrna, 
165. 
Octopus vulgaris rare on British 
coast, 167. 
Octopus vulgaris, specimens at 
Eastbourne and .Babbicombc, 
167. 
Octopus vulgaris, French method 
of cooking, 175. 
Odd method of cooking an oyster 
described by Evelyn, 84. 
(Eil de bouc, 121. 
Oil of black snails, 7. 
Old English rhyme on snails, 22. 
Old pearls said to adhere to the 
shell, 55. 
Olivette, or scallop, 99. 
Omraastrephes, or fljing squids, 
172. 
Onycbes, 161. 
Orders of knighthood whicn used 
the scallop-shell as an ornament, 
109. 
Orecchiale, 113. 
Oriental pearls, 55. 
Ormer, or ear-shell, 113. 
Ormers fried or pickled in vinegar, 
117. 
Ormer-shells used to frighten birds 
from corn in Guernsey, 114. 
Ormers, Jersey market supplied 
with, from the French coast, 
113. 
Ormer, to dress to perfection, 117. 
Ormier, 113. 
Ormond, 114. 
Ostend oysters, 71. 
Ostione, 80. 
