INDEX. 1303 



Fecundation, Artificial, of the Portuguese oyster, 6n ; experiments in, 

 by M. Bouchon-Brandely, 615 ; by Professor Brooks, in, 615 ; of 

 the ova of fish, a possible, of the ostrea edulis, could not lead to 

 industrial consequences, and why, 616; experiments at Verdon, 

 617-621 ; complete success of, 621 ; methods of, 622-627 ; when it 

 takes place, 625 ; rudiments of the shell seen about the seventh day, 

 626 ; points of view from which, may be regarded, 631, 632. 



Felix, Madame Sarah, Ostracultural establishment founded by her, 

 improved spat collector, 532. 



Fennell, Mr., 341. 



Field, The, 66, 200, 261. 



Fielding, Messrs. Plummer, and, (Herne Bay) Inquiry (iSSi) 454, 459. 



Fifeshire, 184. 



Figuier, M., "Ocean World," cited 230, 231, 309, 310, 313, 314, 315, 

 679. 



Fillon, M., 581. 



Fingal, 188. 



Finmark, 169, 176, 182, 184. 



Finistere, 505, 583. 



Finkenwarder (Hamburg) 651. 



Firth of Clyde, 172, 207. 



Firth of Forth, The, 121, 173, 257, 259, 267, 363, 414. 



Fischer, Dr., 157, 164; on the adductor muscle in Pecten, 157 ; on the 

 Tagus oyster, 381. 



Fish (ref.) artificial fecundation of, 629. 

 The ova of, 629. 



numerical results from, when treated artificially, 629. 

 Losses of, in natural waters, 629. 

 Salmonidae, 630. 



Fishermen, number of, in England, 352. 



Fishery economy, 125; mal economy, 125. 



Fisheries Exhibition (1883) The International, 144, 353; Conferences 

 held in connection with Basis for Legislation, on Fishery Questions, 

 694, 695, 708 ; special catalogue of, cited 275-277 ; Oyster culture in 

 Holland, 698 ; in Spain, 693-695 ; in North Sea and Baltic, 349 ; 

 in India and China, 349. 



Fisheries, The Chinese, superior to our own, 349 ; The Irish Board of, 



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