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Show Origin of Mussol Catching. fl Mussel culture In France whero It ' H Is carried on moro extensively than )l nnywheru clso originated so far buck H na 123S, wbon au Irish ship was wrecked near La Rochollo. Ono of the jf rescued sailors, James Walton, being, IHBV bard put to It for a living, conceived! jf tho plan of setting nets on poles for jf tho capturo of sea fowl at night, tho muddy shores of tho bay being fro- quentcd by these birds In largo num.-, H hers. Before long ho noticed that H myriads of young mussels became at- H tnehed to tbo stakes, and that, being fH above tho level of tho mud, those grew , H rapidly. Thereupon ho Interlaced H branches of trees between tbo stakes, H thus forming a kind of wicker work, ;'H which nlso beenmo coatod with mus- H scls. Wnlton's exnmplo was followed H by somo of tho natives of La Ilochollo H nnd an Industry was started which has H uow nourished for closo ou 800 years. H Loudon Mall. Il |