INDEX. 



121 



Gray, Dr., onVenus's flower-basket, 



38, 39. 

 Greenland whale, fed l»y shi'hups, 



83. 

 Gut-knot, use of tlie, 17. 



H. 



Half-hitches, use of, 13. 

 Hand-line fishing, 15. 

 Harbour crab, the, 23. 

 Hermit crabs, 33. 

 Hooking of fish, IS. 

 Hoop-net, the, SO. 



Japan, crustacean life on the coasts 

 of, 61. 



K. 



Keer-drag, for shrimping, 75. 



Killick, use of the, 11. 



King-Crab, of the Eastern Seas, 58. 



Land crabs, 52 ; their extraordinary 

 march towards the sea, 53 ; their 

 return after the spawning season, 

 54 ; attack on, 55. 



Landing-net and gaff, 14. 



Leads for fishing, 20, 21. 



Leucosia urania, the, 63. 



Liver of the crab, 5, 6. 



Lobster-fishing, its great import- 

 ance, 94, 95. 



Lobster pigment, soluable in spirits 

 of wine, 26. 



Lobster season, 97. 



Lobster-shell green, 27. 



Lobsters, historical notices of, 90, 

 et seq. ; their powers of \ision, 91 ; 

 modes of capturing them, 92 ; 

 their prolific nature, ib ; plans 

 for artificial fecundation, and 

 apparatus for, 93 ; numbers of 

 brought to Billingsgate Market, 

 94, 95 ; large importation of, ib. ; 

 their popularity extends to all 

 parts of the world, 96; strange 

 use of them during the Indian 

 war, ib. ; shifting of their shells, 

 when they become unfit for 

 human food, 97 ; their care of 

 otfspring, 98 ; abundant on the 

 coasts of British North America, 

 ib. ; captured by pic-nic parties, 

 ib. ; the spined lobster, 100 ; 

 the caryfish variety, 100 -10:? ; 



swarms of, in the South American 

 Seas, 102 ; fishing for, ib. ; found 

 on the coral reefs of the Mauritius, 

 105. (See Crayfish.) 



Loop slip, use of the, 13. 



Lucky stones, anecdote of the, 59. 



M. 



Mackerel-fishing, 19 



M acrocheira-kosmpferi, the, 62. 



Mauritius, the coral reefs of, the 

 great resort of Crayfish, 105. 



Mauve dresses, &c., tinctiu'e im- 

 parted to the, 27. 



Medusidie, family of the, 31. 



MWiruculus coronatus, the, 63. 



Mytilus edulis, 41. 



N. 



Neptunus pelagicus, the, 63. 

 Nets for shrimping, 75. 

 Nets for shrimp-catching, 80. 

 Nut crab, the, 59; anecdote of the, 

 ib. 



O. 



Ocean, its broad expanse, a subject 

 for profound meditation, 117. 



Oceanns crucifer, 63. 



Opossum of the shrimp family, S3, 

 84 ; fed on by the whale, 84. 



Ou-Ou, the, 45 ; his habits, 48. 



Oyster-knife, Roman, found near 

 Cirencester, 3, note. 



Pagurus, the, 44. 



Parthenope horrida, 64. 



Pea-crab, the, 34, 41. 



Phipps, Captain, anecdote of, 113 ; 

 his treasure-seeking adventures, 

 114 ; his important discoveries, 

 115 ; knighted by James II., ib. 



Pic-nic parties for lobster-fishing, 

 98. 



Pilumnus nespertilis, the, 66. 



Pinna, 39, 40 ; a sheU-fish, 42 ; lines 

 on, by Oppi annus, 42 ; different 

 species of the, 41, 43. 



Pinnotheres, varieties of, 43, 44. 



Planes minutus, 67, 6S. 



Plume corals, 113. 



Pole- net for shrimping, 77, 78. 



Porcellana longicornis, the, 61. 



Pouting, capture of, 18. 



Prawns, historical notices of, 73, et 

 seq. ; capture of, 77 ; their aquatic 

 haunts, 78 ; catching of, 80 ; their 

 estimated value, 81 ; an excellent 



