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INDEX. 



Page. 



Pius, Belaying J 17 



Pipe-fish 12 



Plain liooks 66 



Plaited lines 85 



Plants, Chemical products and agents de- 

 rived from 162 



Marine 49 



Plates 151 



Platichth ys stellatus 14 



Platysoiuatichthys Hppoglossoidcs 14 



Plectognatbi 11 



Plciironectidfe 13 



Ploti.laj 6 



Plotus anhinga 6 



Pocket-nets 97 



Pocket-traps 101 



Podiceps comutus 7 



Pogonias chromis 26 



Pole Flounder 13 



Poles and pushing sticks 124 



PoUachius carbonarius 14 



Pollock 14 



Polyodon folium 39 



Polyodontidse 39 



Pomacanthus arcuatus 21 



PomacentridsB 20 



Pomatomidaj 30 



Pomatomus saltatris 30 



Pomolobus aestivalis 36 



" mediocris 36 



' ' venialis 36 



Pomoxys nigromaculatus 28 



Pompauo 26 



African 26 



Banner 24 



Porgy 27 



Spanish 19 



Poiichthys notatus 16 



Poronotus triacanthus 25 



Poi-poise oil 159 



Porpoise-jaw oil 159 



Portable boats 105 



Pots, Eel, without leaders 102 



Fish 101 



Lobster 101 



Try 142 



Pounds or weirs 101 



Pout, Eel 15 



Preparation of baits 141 



of food 139 



of guano 142 



of oils and gelatines 142 



Methods of 139 



Preparations, Cooked, in cans 145, 237 



Dry -salted 143, 236 



Food, accessories to 238 



in oil 145, ^37 



in spices and vinegar 144, 237 



Pickle or brine-salted 144,237 



Smoked 143, 236 



Prepared food for adult fish 218 



Preservation by canning and pickling 140 



by drying 139 



of food 139 



of fresh meats 139 



Pi sservative fluids and paints 127 



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Priacanthidse 30 



Prionotus carolinus 17 



' ' evolana 17 



PristidiB 41 



Pristipomatidas 27 



Pristis antiquorum 41 



Private associations 233 



Probes, Snow 56 



Probing-awls 56 



Procellariidae C 



procyon lotor 1 



Prodding instruments 50 



Prods 55 



Promicrops guasa 29 



Propagation. - -. 214, 239 



Prosopium couesii 34 



" quadrilaterale 34 



Protection and culture 163 



from insects 132 



Proteida; 10 



Psettichthys melanostictus 14 



Pseudemys elegans S 



" mobiliensis 8 



' ' rugosa 8 



Pseudopleuronectes americanus 13 



Pseudopriacanthus altus 30 



Pseudorhombus dentatus 13 



' ' oblongus 13 



' ' quadrocellatus 13 



Pseudoscarus sp 19 



" quadrispinosus 19 



Pteroplatea maclura 40 



Ptychocheilus grandis 37 



Publications of U. S. Fish Commission 164 



PuflBn, crested 6 



Puffinus fuliginosus 6 



'■ major 6 



Pump-bolt or toggle-pin 125 



Pump-box and haft for seine-boat 125 



Purse-nets 99, 100 



Purse-seines, Mackerel 99 



Menhaden 99 



Pursuit, its methods and appliances 104, 235 



Pushing sticks and poles .t 124 



Putorius vison 1 



Pygopodes 7 



Pygosteus occidentalis 31 



R. 



Rabbit-fish 11 



Raccoon 1 



Raia erinacea 41 



' ' granulata 41 



" lasvis 41 



" ocellata 41 



Rai» 40 



Raiidffi 41 



Rainbow fish 19 



Rake-dredge 99 



Rake.s, Clam 58 



Moss 58 



Oulachan 59 



Rana catesbiana 10 



Ranidae 10 



Raptores 4 



