Flesh of Crustaceans Difficult of Digestion--Varieties of
Consumed--Land Crabs--Their Habits--Varieties--Mode of Cooking
them--An Ingredient in the Famous ‘Pepper-pot,’ 316. Abundance of
Land Crabs at the Bahamas--mentioned by Virgil--Mason Crab of Chile
eaten, 321. The Lobster--Where principally Caught--Preserved Fresh
Lobsters, 322. Salted Lobsters--Pond or Saltern, for keeping them,
at Southampton--A Tale with a Moral, 327. Turning Lobsters on their
Backs, 328. Live Crablets eaten by the Chinese, 329. Shrimps and
Prawns--Enormous Consumption of them--Instructions for Cooking them,
350. Dried Prawns and Shell-fish--Large Trade in them in the East,
332. _Balachong_ or _Gnapee_, 333.
MOLLUSCA, &c.
Oysters--‘Natives and Scuttlemouths’--Racoon or Parasitic
Oysters, 334. Large Trade in Oysters in America, at New York,
Baltimore, Boston, and New Orleans, 335. Bottled Oysters at the
Cape--Mussels--‘Old Maids’--Scallops--Clams and Clam Digging--Largely
used for Bait, 342. Periwinkles--Large Consumption of, in
London--Whelks, Boiled and Pickled, 345. Snails a Fashionable
Article of Diet--Roman Taste for them--A Snail Pie--The Vineyard
Snail--Modes of Dressing them, 346. Attempt of Two Philosophers
to relish them, 347. Snail Soup--The Parrot’s-bill Barnacle
eaten, 349. _Annelida_--Palolo, a Pacific Delicacy, 350. Diet
of Worms--Cuttle-fish eaten, 352. _Arcas_ and _Monodonta_
eaten--Sea Eggs or Urchins, 353. _Holothuria_--the Sea Slug Soup
of the Chinese--_Bêche-de-mer_ or _Tripang_, 354. The _Times’_
Correspondent’s Opinion of this Dish, 355. Extensive Fisheries for the
Animal, 356. Details of the Preparation and Statistics of the Trade,
358. Varieties and Prices, 364.