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INDEX. 



taken, 9, 10 ; the liooks and im- 

 plements in general use, 11, et 

 seq. ; tlie use of the gut-knot, 17 ; 

 a great number taken with the 

 crab-hook, 22 ; methods of using 

 it, 23 ; tenacity of their grip, ib. ; 

 how the haunts of the crab are 

 discovered, 24; their pugnacity, 

 ib. ; judgment required to select 

 a good crab for table, 24, 25 ; how 

 to discover the sexes, 25 ; proper 

 mode of boiling, ib. ; the change 

 of colour during the process, 26, 

 et seq. ; crab-fishing of juveniles, 



28 ; the harbour or shore crab, 



29 ; the swimming crab, ib. ; the 

 velvet swimming crab, 30; spider 

 crabs, 32, 33 ; hermit crabs, 33 ; 

 crab-whelks, 34; pea-crabs, 34, 

 41 ; contained in the Philippine 

 Island sponge, 35, 37 ; small crabs 

 in the shells of the great silk- 

 yielding mussel, 39; the Pinna 

 viuricata, 40-42; the burrowing 

 crabs, 45 ; the great cocoa-nut 

 eating crab, ib. ; excellent oil pro- 

 duced by, 49 ; crab-hunting ex- 

 peditions, 48, 50 ; the land crab, 

 52 ; termination of the spawning 

 season, 54; their cunning and 

 activity, 54, 55 ; their quaiiit pro- 

 ceedings among the Mahratta 

 jungles, 55; the genus Thelphusa 

 and its habits, 55, 56 ; the sand 

 crab, 57 ; the Gelasimus, ib. ; the 

 king crab, 58 ; humorous anec- 

 dote of, 60 : crab-life on the coasts 

 of Japan, 61, 02; on the coasts 

 of Tasmania, 62 ; on the Chilian 

 coasts, 63 ; the Chinese crab, ib. ; 

 the various and general species, 

 63, et seq. ; the goat crab, 64; 

 the Parthenope liorrida, ib. ; the 

 Dromia lator, 64, 65 ; the Echino- 

 cerus cibarius, 65; the Pllumnus 

 nespertilis, 66 ■,the Planes minuf us, 

 67, 68 ; the floating crabs, 68 ; 

 the Southern Seas inliabited by 

 legions of crabs, 68, 69 ; modes 

 of catching them, 70, 71. 



Crawfish of America, 86. 



Cray-fish, or craw-fish, artificially 

 propagated, 94 ; its natural hal)its, 

 TOO; fishing for, 100, 101; Wal- 

 pole's account of, 102 ; journey of 

 Africans in quest of, 103 ; huge 

 dimensions of, as recorded by 

 Pliny, 104 ; tables of ancient 

 Rome often garnished with, 104; 

 the common one of rivers, 106 ; 

 its great abundance, 107; its 



natural habits, 107 ; various 

 methods for capturing them, 

 108 ; shifts his shell, 109 : won- 

 derfully prolific, 109 ; held in high 

 esteem by the Greeks and Romans, 

 110. 



Creepers, use of the, 11, 12. 



Crustaceans, their shell-shifting 

 process, 6, 7 ; of the deep, 31 ; 

 the principal food of the sal- 

 monidiie, 12 ; endless types of, in 

 the Southern and Eastern Seas, 

 61 ; their monstrous size and 

 strength, 62 ; troughs for hatch- 

 ing, 93 ; their proximity to other 

 races, 99. 



Cuftee's attack on the laud crabs, 

 53, 54. 



Cup- shrimps, 82. 



Cuttle-fish, the, 40, 41. 



Cyamus ceti, the, 84. 



D. 



Diver, fearful incident connected 



with the, 111, 112. 

 Dredges for shrimping, 76. 

 Dress for shrimping, 79. 

 Dromia lator, the, 64. 



E. 



Echinocerus cibarius, the, 65. 

 Eel-basket, how constructed, 10. 

 Eel-grass, 99. 

 Euplectella, the, 38. 



Feejee Islands, affection of a chief 



for a little midshipman, 3. 

 Fairy shrimp, the, 87. 

 Fidcller crab, the, 29. 

 Fish, hooking of, 18. 

 Fish-hooks, how to manage them, 



12. 

 Fishing, implements proper for, 



17, 18. 

 Fishing leads, 20. 

 Fishing-tackle, of great utility, 14. 

 Floating crabs, 68. 

 Float-line, mackerel-fishing with 



the, 19. 

 Flower-basket of the Philippine 



Islands, 35, 36 ; its curious shape 



and texture, 38. 

 Frame-reel, use of the, 15. 



G. 



Gelashmis, a genus of crab, 57 ; his 



curious habits, 58. 

 Goat crab, the, 64. 



