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INDEX. 



bait for salmon, 82 ; of very large 

 size in the Carribean Sea, 86 ; 

 ])arasite on the carapace of, ih. 

 (See Shrimp.) 



R. 



Rag-worm, use of, as a bait, 18. 



Reels, use of, 16. 



Rollins of the United States, 66. 



Rod-fishing, IS. 



Kods useful in fishing, 17. 



Romans, crabs appreciated by the, 



-> o. 

 Round plait prepared salmon line, 



15. 



S. 



Salmox-trip, how constructed, 10. 



Sand-crab, the, 57. 



Sand hopper, its natural habits, 116. 



Sand raiser, the, 72, 73. 



Sand-shrimp, the, 73. 



Sea fishing-tackle, of great utility, 

 14. 



Sea-flea, its natural habits, 116. 



Sepia, or cuttle-fish, 40. 



Serpent orders of the Indian Seas, 

 lines on the, 32. 



Shark, fearful visit of the, 112. 



Shell-shifting process of crabs, 6 ; 

 its diflfieulties and discomforts, 7. 



Sh.ill, tlie inhabitants often dis- 

 possessed, and occupied by an- 

 other, 33. 



Shore-crab, the, 29. 



Shrimp-fisheries for the supply of 

 London and other markets, 81. 



Shrimps, historical notices of, 73, 

 et seq. ; often confounded with 

 prawns. 73 ; named the ''Sand- 

 raiser," 74 ; their cimning, ih. ; 

 contrivances for catching them, 

 74, et seq. ; materials and imple- 

 ments for catching them, 79 ; 

 dress for, ib. ; advantage to be 

 taken of low tides, 80 ; lioop-net 

 used for taking them, ib. ; fisheries 

 for, 81 ; enormous quantities of, 

 consumed in London, 81, 82 ; the 

 endless variety of, yielded by the 



Indian and Chinese Seas, 85 ; and 



also by lakes, ponds, and streams, 



87, 88 ; the fairy shrimp, 87. 



(See Praivns.) 

 Silk-worm gut, 15. 

 Silk- yielding mussel, 39. 

 Skeleton of the crab, 5. 

 Slugs, value of in the Chinese 



market, 71. 

 Slug-hunters, 70. 

 Smelts, capture of, 19. 

 Soldier crabs, 33. 

 South Seas, coral-formed islands of 



the, 51. 

 Southern Seas, inhabited by legions 



of crabs, 68, 69 

 Spawning season of the land-crabs, 



54. 

 Spider crabs, 32. 33. 

 Squat lobsters, 99. 

 Swimming crabs, 29. 



T. 



Table, selection of a thoroughly 

 good crab for the, 24, 25. 



Thelphusa fluviatilis, a genus of 

 crab, 55; religions anciently con- 

 nected with the, 57. 



Traps for catching crabs, 10. 



Traveller blocks, use of the, 21. 



Trepang of the Southern Seas, 69 ; 

 process of boiling, 70. 



Troughs for hatching Crustacea, 93. 



Trout-hooks, IS, 19. 



Velvet swimming crab, the, 30. 



Venus's flower-basket, of the Philip- 

 pine Islands, 35, 36; its curious 

 textui'e, 36. 



W. 



Walpole's account of fishing for 



cravfish, 102. 

 Whelk-shells, 34. 

 "SVhiting, capture of, 18. 



Y. 



Yoke-lines used in shrimping, 75. 



K. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL. 



