INDEX. 
205 
Tapes deciissata common near Ex- 
mouth, 143. 
Tapes decussata, called purr, and 
butterfish, 143. 
Tapes decussata, how to find, 144. 
Tapes decussata called Clouvisso 
or Clovisse on the French coast, 
144. 
Tapes decussata highly prized by 
the Spaniards, 144. 
Tapes au naturel, Almejas al na- 
tural, 146. 
Tapes, potage of oysters and, 
Menes:ra de Ostras y Almejas, 
146. 
Tapes pullastra, pullet or cullyock, 
142. 
Tapes pullastra, a common species, 
143. 
Tapes pullastra used for bait in the 
Northern Isles, 143. 
Tapes ragout, Almejas guisadas, 
i46. 
Tapes sauce. Salsa de Almejas, 
146. 
Tapes soup, Sopa de Almejas, 145. 
Tapes Virginea varies much in 
colour, 144. 
Tapes Virginea at Dawlish and 
Tenby, 144. 
Taprobane, island of, most pro- 
ductive of pearls, 55. 
Tarentine, red, 131. 
Tarentum, ancient dyeing-houses 
at, 131. 
Tavernier’s pearls, 60. 
Tellinidae, 149. 
Tellinidse rarely used for food in 
Great Britain, 149. 
Tellinid£e mentioned by Athenaeus, 
150. 
Tellinidae, sauces made of. 150. 
Teredo, account of the, 157. 
Teredo said to be good to eat, and 
excelling all shellfish, 160. 
Teredo navalis and Teredo norve- 
gica, 160. 
Teuthidae, 173. 
Teuthis, Aristotle speaks of the, 
which has ink of a pale colour. 
Theognis, riddle of, 127. 
Theophrastus on the habits of 
snails, 16. 
Tliruslies partial to snails, 10. 
Tootoofe, 167. 
Torbay-noses, or Oxhorn cockles, 
43. 
Torbay-noses, to dress, 44. 
Trabea, Romulus uses the purple 
dye for the, which was purple 
and white, 132. 
Trabea, Servius mentions two 
other kinds of, 132. 
Trabea, tlie royal robe worn by the 
early kings, 132. 
Trade, oyster, wdth Belgium, 71. 
Trade, pickled oyster, between 
London and Glamorganshire, 
75. 
Trade in snails at Covent Garden, 
9. 
Tridacna gigas, shells of, used for 
holy-water, 82. 
Trigonia pectinata, an Australian 
bivalve, 117. 
Trigonia pectinata, bracelets, 
brooches, etc., made of the 
shells, 117. 
Trochidae sold occasionally as 
winkles at Jersey, 136. 
Trochus found in the Creggaun 
heap, with the shells of the 
oyster, mussel, etc., 83. 
Trogmusclieln, 152. 
Trompetenschnecke, or Kinkhorn, 
127. 
Trough-shell, or Mactra, 151. 
Troyes supplies Paris with the ap- 
ple or vine snails ready boiled 
in their shells, 18. 
Tumps, 121. 
Turbinellidse, 126. 
Turbinella rapa, or chank shell, 
126. 
Turbinella rapa as a wind instru- 
ment, 126. 
Turbinella rapa sawn into rings 
for anklets and bracelets, 126. 
Turbinella, reversed shells of, 
highly prized by the Chinese, 
126. 
