Elements of conchology Prepared Elements of conchology / Prepared for the use of schools and colleges elementsofconcho00rusc Year: 1844 GRYPH^ 73^ 8. European oysters possess a much more decided flavour, a stronger taste, than those of the United States; Americans, on first eating oysters in London or Paris, commonly complain of their strong coppery taste, and it is not until after several trials they karn to prefer them to our own. The locality of oyster beds exercises a great influence over the taste of the oyster; within the tropics they are rarely found good, and they are almo
Elements of conchology Prepared Elements of conchology / Prepared for the use of schools and colleges elementsofconcho00rusc Year: 1844 GRYPH^ 73^ 8. European oysters possess a much more decided flavour, a stronger taste, than those of the United States; Americans, on first eating oysters in London or Paris, commonly complain of their strong coppery taste, and it is not until after several trials they karn to prefer them to our own. The locality of oyster beds exercises a great influence over the taste of the oyster; within the tropics they are rarely found good, and they are almost un- known in the Pacific Ocean. Oysters taken near the entrance of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays have a high reputation, and are consumed in great quantities. Norfolk oysters are pro- verbially excellent. The markets of Paris and the north of France are chiefly supplied from the bay of Cancale; from which the boats of HouUe, near Cancale, and Granville, carry away more tlian eighty millions of these mollusks every year, the major part of which are sent to Courseulles and other parts of Normandy, where there are considerable establishments for the parkage (planting out) of oysters, whence they are sent post to Paris. About the beginning of summer these mollusks cast their spawn: at this season it is customary not to eat them, and it is generally believed they are then unwholesome, but this opinion does not appear to be well founded. 9. We give the name of Gryphj-ja to shells, which for the most part are fossil, and which are very analogous to oysters, but the convex valve is more pro- jecting at the apex or beak, and at that point bends into a hook (fig. 90). They are found in very ancient for- mations. There is* but one living species known. 10. The Scallops—Pecten (also called the pilgrim's shell, from being worn as an ornament by pilgrims)— '^'^' 90.—gryph^a. resemble the oysters in the disposition of the hinge, and may be easily recognised by their inequivalve, s
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