Note 217 — Chapter IV · USES OF SHELLS FOR MONEY, ORNAMENT, AND FOOD—CULTIVATION OF THE OYSTER, MUSSEL, AND SNAIL—SNAILS AS MEDICINE—PRICES GIVEN FOR SHELLS
Reading edition
Much information has been derived, on this subject, from Bertram’s Harvest of the Sea, Simmonds’ Commercial Products of the Sea, the publications of the Fisheries Exhibition, especially vol. xi. (Anson and Willett); see also Philpots, Oysters and all about them.