 ... be the case if they were opened fresh, as at that time to do so requires great force. On the shell being opened, the oyster is minutely examined for the pearls; it is usual even to boil the oyster, as the pearl, though commonly found in the shell,...  In Search of Minerals - Seite 174von David Thomas Ansted - 1880 - 282 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Percival - 1803 - 504 Seiten
...so requires great force. On the shell being opened, the oyster is minutely examined for the pearls: it is usual even to boil the oyster, as the pearl,...being left to putrefy is intolerable; and remains for a long while after the fishery is over. It corrupts the atmospbfte for several miles round Condatchy,... | |
 | 1803 - 892 Seiten
...so requires great force. On the shell being opened, the oyster is minutely examined for the pearls; it is usual even to boil the oyster, as the pearl,...being left to putrefy is intolerable, and remains for a long time after the fishery is over. It corrupts the atmosphere for several miles round Condatchy,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 1298 Seiten
...so requires great force. On the shell being opened, the oyster is minutely examined for the pearls j it is usual even to boil the oyster, as the pearl,...unfrequently contained in the body of the fish itself. The *tench occasioned by the oysters being left to putrefy is intolerable, and remains for a long time... | |
 | 1803 - 866 Seiten
...usual even to boil the oyster, as die pearl, though commonly found iu the shell, is not u 11 frequently contained in the body of the fish itself. The stench...being le.ft to putrefy is intolerable, and remains for a long time after the fishery is over. It corrupts the atmosphere for several miles round Condatchy,... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 Seiten
...so requires great force. On the shell being opened, the oyster is minutely examined for the pearls ; it is usual even to boil the oyster, as the pearl, though commonly found in the shell, is not unfrequentlv contained in the body of the fish itself. The stench occasioned by the oysters being left... | |
 | 1805 - 590 Seiten
...usual even to boil the oyster, as the pearl, t commonly found in the shell,- is not unfrequentl tained in the body of the fish itself. The stench occasioned by the oysters being putrefy is intolerable; and remains for a long whi the fishery is over. It corrupts the atmosph several... | |
 | 1823 - 848 Seiten
...require» great force. On the shell being opened, the oyster is minutely examined for the pearls : it is usual even to. boil the oyster, as the pearl, though commonly found^in the shell, is not unfrequently contained in the body ofth« fish itself. The pearls found... | |
 | 1867 - 522 Seiten
...being opened, the oyster is minutely examined for the peai'ls; it is usual even to boil the oyster, a» the pearl, though commonly found in the shell, is not unfrequently contained in tho body of the fish itself. Captain Percival, in his account of Ceylon, states that in preparing the... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...pearls ; it is usual even to boil the oyster, as the pearl is frequently found in the body of the fish. The stench occasioned by the oysters being left to putrefy is intolerable, and remains for a long time after the fishery is over. It corrupts the atmosphere for several miles round Condatchy,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 276 Seiten
...pearls ; it is usual even to boil the oyster, as the pearl is frequently found in the body of the fish. The stench occasioned by the oysters being left to putrefy is intolerable, and remains for a long time after the fishery is ;- '.V It corrupts the atmosphere for several miles round Condatchy,... | |
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