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" ... spats. After the month of May it is felony to carry away the cultch, and punishable to take any other oysters, unless it be those of size (that is to say) about the bigness of an half-crown piece, or when, the two shells being shut, a fair shilling... "
Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniæ, Or, The British Conchology ... - Page 151
by Emanuel Mendes da Costa - 1778 - 254 pages
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A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain: Divided Into Circuits Or ...

Daniel Defoe - 1762 - 424 pages
...permitted to take the Stone or Shell, &c. that the Spat is upon ; one Shell having many times 20 Spats. ' After the Month of May it is Felony to carry away the Cultch, and punifhable to take any other Oyfters, unlefs it be thofe of Size, that is to fay, about theBignefs...
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The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture ...

Great Britain - 1790 - 926 pages
...to take the (tone or flu-ll, &c. t h.it the fpat is upon ; one /hell having many times twenty fpats. After the month of May, it is felony to carry away the cultch, and punifnable to take any other oyfters, unlefs it be thofe of (ize, that is to fay, about the bignels...
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The Traveller's Guide; Or, English Itinerary: Containing Accurate ..., Volume 1

Walley Chamberlain Oulton - England - 1805 - 854 pages
...permitted to take the stone or shell, &c. that the spat is upon ; one shell having many times '¿0 spat:. After the month of May, it is felony to carry away the cultch, and punishable to take any other oysters, unless it be those of size, that is to say, about the bigness...
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The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork ..., Volume 2

Charles Smith - Cork (Ireland : County) - 1815 - 446 pages
...taken, they gently raise the small brood with a knife from the clutch, and then they throw it in again : after the month of May, it is felony to carry away the clutch, and punishable to takeany other Oyster less lhan half a crown piece, orwhen a shilling is in,...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 47

Science - 1849 - 428 pages
...to take the stone or shell, &c., that the spat is upon, one shell having, many times, twenty spats. After the month of May it is felony to carry away the cultch, and punishable to take any other oysters, unless it be those of size (that is to say) about the bigness...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 47

Geology - 1849 - 424 pages
...to take the stone or shell, &c., that the spat is upon, one shell having, many times, twenty spats. After the month of May it is felony to carry away the cultch, and punishable to take any other oysters, unless it be those of size (that is to say) about the bigness...
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A history of British mollusca, and their shells, by E ..., Volume 2; Volume 66

Edward Forbes - 1853 - 580 pages
...permitted to take the stone or shell, Sec. that the spat is upon, one shell having many times twenty spats. After the month of May it is felony to carry away the culteh and punishable to take any other oysters, unless it be those of size (that is to say) about...
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Natural history. Mollusca

Philip Henry Gosse - 1854 - 344 pages
...permitted to take the stone or shell, &c. that the spat is upon, one shell having many times twenty spats. After the month of May it is felony to carry away the cultch, and punishable to take any other oysters, unless it be those of size (that is to say) about the bigness...
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Report on the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of ..., Part 18

United States. Bureau of Fisheries - Fish culture - 1894 - 850 pages
...permitted to take the atone or shell, eto., that the Spat is upon, one shell having many times 20 spats. " After the month of May it is Felony to carry away the Cultch, and puuishable to take any other Oysters, unless it bo those of size (that is to say) about the bigness...
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