Spread the fingers with the mixture and place an oyster in the centre of each.

The oyster of Long Island and the oyster of New-Jersey ought not to be trodden down by the pauper oysters of Europe.

The poet says: The prickly star creeps on with full deceit To force the oyster from his close retreat.

Let come to a boil; then drain, and spread the oysters with highly seasoned minced chicken.

INGREDIENTS.The remains of cold boiled sole or cod, seasoning to taste of pepper, salt, and pounded mace, 1 dozen oysters to each lb. of fish, 3 tablespoonfuls of white stock, 1 teacupful of cream thickened with flour, puff paste.

"I thought maybe you'd like some oysters for your Christmas dinner," he said to the Colonel when he came in again, "so I got a couple o' cans from the A. C. man down below;" and a mighty whoop went up.

Take a pint of good gravy, a lobster or crab, which you can get, dress and put it into your gravy with a little butter, juice of lemon, shred lemon-peel, and a few shrimps if you have them; thicken it with a little flour, and put it into your bason, set the oysters on one side of the dish and this on the other; lay round the head boiled whitings, or any fried fish; pour over the head a little melted butter.

There it is!" Ford had already explained to the rest that it was "against the constitution and by-laws of Fulton Market to eat a raw oyster without the lemon-juice," and Dick would have blushed if he could.

II. Prepare the oysters as in the preceding recipe, and put them in a scallop-shell or saucer, and between each layer sprinkle over a few bread crumbs, pepper, salt, and grated nutmeg; place small pieces of butter over, and bake before the fire in a Dutch oven.

For grappling-irons they made use of large sharks chained together, who laid hold of the wood and kept the island from moving: they threw oysters at one another, one of which would have filled a waggon, and sponges of an acre long.

In these places pearls are found, made by a wonderful artifice of nature; for on the 24th of the month Nisan a certain dew falls into the waters, which, being sucked in by the oysters, they sink immediately to the bottom of the sea, and afterwards, about the middle of the month Tisri, men dive to the bottom, and bring up great quantities of the oysters by means of cords, from which they take out the pearls.

"Ephraim," said he, after awhile, "you ain't skilled to cook oysters like this, I don' believe.

you might as well have taken an oyster up Mount Vesuvius.

It was very good; an excellent French roll, well spread with choice butter, and two large, nicely fried oysters between.