Then every soul of them sat open-mouth'd,

Like roasted oysters gaping in a row. —J. H. Frere.


Archestratus. (Book iii. § 44, p. 154.)

For mussels you must go to Ænos; oysters

You'll find best at Abydos. Parion

Rejoices in its urchins; but if cockles

Gigantic and sweet-tasted you would eat,

A voyage must be made to Mitylene,

Or the Ambracian Gulf, where they abound