. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. Its. VfUELK.ânvreitiiim xniih'ilnn CONCHOIjEPASâConcAoI^pasPfruOTdiKj. IVv nlrnStl? H T, ^'^^' "'' *^^''" ^""^'^"^ ^^^ *^^ ^''^''kets, and are consumed a-ol - i ^ by tho poorer classes, who consider them in the light of a delicacy. Th a e , decidedly to,.gh and stringy in texture, and, like the periwinkle whicM^ tlj^^ f'^'"T "'â ' "°Sl'-'^^J"^»l''^i'ly ^li^'««tible. The mode of taking these mo l
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. Its. VfUELK.ânvreitiiim xniih'ilnn CONCHOIjEPASâConcAoI^pasPfruOTdiKj. IVv nlrnStl? H T, ^'^^' "'' *^^''" ^""^'^"^ ^^^ *^^ ^''^''kets, and are consumed a-ol - i ^ by tho poorer classes, who consider them in the light of a delicacy. Th a e , decidedly to,.gh and stringy in texture, and, like the periwinkle whicM^ tlj^^ f'^'"T "'â ' "°Sl'-'^^J"^»l''^i'ly ^li^'««tible. The mode of taking these mo lu s very simple: Large wicker-Laskets are baited with the refuse portfons of fi h am lowei^d to the bottom of the sc^ by ropes. The ever-hungry ^\^lelks \nstinctiveyi⢠the feast, crowd into the basket by thousands, and are taken by merely raisin-the laZ asket to the surface, and emptying it into a tub. Sometimes the Wl'ilk is cap ur dS an'S-M" "'" '"'''''^ '?â "' ^-^ ^-^^ ''''''^''' '-^"^^ ^^"'^^t method. Besides it i^e a theh llooks ""'" '^â¢^"^""'Ption, it is sometimes employed by the fishermen as bail iS The reader ^yi]l doubtlessly have observed on the seashore considerable masses of litH. yellowish capsules, mostly empty, and so light as to be i kceT liesoVl so many masses of corks. These are the empty egg-cases of the melk and ?n h nS u;ycr'''\?7^^ °'"''^" '' repi^sentecUlu^H^ig to tl. c^SelS'on 11^ ! Jiand o the cut. At the i)roi)er season ol the year, when the eug-clustcrs are liun- oiAl.,- shores by the gales the litth- Whelks can be discovered within'the eapsd s seveml li^^ The empty shells of this mollusc are often seized by the well-known hermit or soldier-crab, who IS obliged to content himself while in his yonth with Xe shelU th tops, advances with increasing size to the larger liabitation of\ho pC^raiS .hi t. Please note that these images are extracted fr
Size: 1780px × 1404px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubj, booksubjectfishes, booksubjectmollusks
