. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. CKI'nALOl'«)r)A, OR C gr,; Of Dip spcondary servict's rondored to man by tho i^roUuscs we but, liitio owiu-' fo tli(! localities 111 whicb llio immk'r of sprcifs livo, tlicir uoctunial or (lurknos,"- loving' , luul their oxtreiao disliki: to Several species, hiieb hh thr iihoias or ImiTowiiiK shell, and tlie teredo, so notorious a-s tho .siupwonn, are well known to be wtively injurious to nmn, l
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. CKI'nALOl'«)r)A, OR C gr,; Of Dip spcondary servict's rondored to man by tho i^roUuscs we but, liitio owiu-' fo tli(! localities 111 whicb llio immk'r of sprcifs livo, tlicir uoctunial or (lurknos,"- loving' , luul their oxtreiao disliki: to Several species, hiieb hh thr iihoias or ImiTowiiiK shell, and tlie teredo, so notorious a-s tho .siupwonn, are well known to be wtively injurious to nmn, l)y destroyinjr the fouu on wbieli his arc built or the v.'s,s.'ls in which be trusts his life and pro[.erty to the waves. Yet even these nisidious enemies may have uses to man, and by destroyinj,' tho wrecks on which iiiiiiiy a nobi,. vessel mi},dit be driven and share the same fate, may be the salvation (if costly proiici V find invalualde livi's. As to thosf which are known to be directly useful to mankind, it will be sullicient to ^ivc a briet enumeration at present and to mention i)articulais when we come tn the imlividiial sj)ecic8. Usefulness to man is. when to its essence, the capability of al1brdiii« him food and then^fore tlu^ edible species must take first rank as re-ards use. The oyster is taiMiliiiiiy known to rich and poor, the latter beinjr often more practically corruisant of its viilui! than the former. It atlords at once a luxury and a health-/;iviier nuliiinent â It can be eaten uncooked, or opens a wide field for culinary art; and it has tlie father ailviuitii^'e of btung very plentiful, very cheap, very accessible, and very easily nivserved in a living state until needed. The is another largely consumed Mollusc (â specially among the lower classes who cannot afford to buy oysters; and in some of tliu woild IS cultivated and bred in millions, the ever-increasing numbers to-etber with the pecul
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