Since then terrapins have become so rare that no stylish dinner ever takes place without this dish.

Oysters are another Western sine qua non, and are always served raw.

I wonder how many ladies and gentlemen who swallow these mollusca with such evident relish know that they are veritable scavengers, which pick up and swallow every dirty thing in the water.

A friend of mine after taking a few of them on one occasion, had to leave the table and go home; he was ill afterward for several days.

One cannot be too careful as to what one eats.