206 
EDIBLE BRITISH MOLLUSKS. 
Turbinella, consecrated oil kept in 
reversed shells of, by the Chinese, 
126. 
Turbinella rapa, or sacred shell of 
the Buddhists, 126. 
Turbo cornutus, the snail pearl 
shell, 115. 
Tympana, or hand-drums of the 
ancients, 56. 
Tympania, or tambour-pearls, 55. 
Tyre and Beyroot, Helix ianthina 
common on the coast about, 129. 
Tyre, the purple of, the best in 
Asia, 130. 
Tyre, said by Strabo to have liad 
numerous dyeing works, render- 
ing the city unpleasant as a place 
of residence, 130. 
Tyre, holes observed there by a 
modern traveller, Mr. Wilde, 
cut in the solid sandstone rock 
in wiiich shells seem to have 
been crushed, in ancient times, 
131. 
Tyrian medals, 130. 
Tyrian purple hue given to wool 
by soaking in the juice of the 
Pelagia, and afterwards dipping 
it in the juice of the Buccinum, 
130. 
Tyrian purple said to have been 
produced from Murex brandaris, 
131. 
Ulm, celebrated for its escargo- 
tieres, 13. 
XJnionidae eaten in the south of 
Europe, 62. 
Unionidge, roasted in their shells, 
or drenched with oil, etc., 62. 
Unionidse and Anodontse used for 
bait in the neighbourhood of 
Nantes, 62.* 
Unio margaritiferus, freshwater 
pearl-mussel, 53. 
Unio Requienii and Unio litoralis 
found near Granada in the river 
Jenil and brought to the market, 
62. 
Unio tumidus and Unio pictorum 
produce small pearls, 62. 
Value of Mary, Queen of Scots’ 
pearls, 58. 
Vanneau, or olivette, 99. 
Various shells called clams, 101. 
Veglia, or Veggia, the Cyractica of 
Strabo, 11. 
Veneridse, 142. 
Venus Chione,or Cytherea Chione, 
148. 
Venus Chione recommended by 
Poll as most excellent food, 148. 
Venus Chione found at Plymouth, 
etc., 148. 
Venus mercenaria, the clam, 102. 
Venus verrucosa, or the Warty 
Venus, 147. 
Venus verrucosa sold in the mar- 
ket at Algiers, 147. 
Venus verrucosa found in the En- 
glish Channel, Channel Isles, 
etc., 147. 
Venus verrucosa, to cook, 149. 
Venus verrucosa collectedat Herm, 
near Guernsey, for food, 147. 
Venus verrucosa eaten at Ken- 
mare, Ireland, and also in 
county Clare, 147. 
Venus verrucosa cultivated on the 
coast of Provence, 148. 
Vessels called “cogs.” short and 
of great breadth, like a cockle- 
shell, whence the derivation of 
the name, 34. 
Vignot, vignette, French names for 
periwinkle, 135. 
Village of Charron, a large mussel 
trade at the, 45. 
Vinaigrette, la, a sauce for snails, 
26. 
Vrelin, or brelin, the periwinkle in 
Brittany called, 135. 
Walton, the Irishman, first estab- 
lished mussel beds on the French 
coast, 45. 
Wampum, or Indian money, 102. 
Wampum made of the clam Venus 
mercenaria, 102. 
Wampum, the, token of peace 
amongst the American Indians, 
102 . 
