INDEX. 



245 



Rod, Fish spawning not to be taken 

 by, 152. 



Rod-fishing and the proprietors of 

 salmon-fisheries, 143. 



on Tweed as dealt with by Com- 

 mittee of 1857, 155-156. 



period for, now allowed, 171. 



in English rivers, 174. 



Roe of salmon, Prohibition of sale and 

 use of, 172. 



Roman soldiers in Britain eating sal- 

 mon, 3. 



Romans' demand for salmon, 4. 



Ross (Sir John) on value of salmon 

 in Boothia, 5. 



liossii (Salmo), 5. 



Ross-shire laird on grilse never be- 

 coming salmon, 58. 



Roxburghe (Duke of) has a grilse 

 which was marked when a smolt, 

 6. 



gratitude due to, by anglers and 



owners of fisheries, 147; his labours, 

 154, 155. 



Salmo eriox^ or bull-trout, 71 ; large 

 proportion of, on Tweed, 87. 



Salmo Rossi i, 5. 



Salmo salar, or common salmon, 31- 

 87. 



Salmon ascend rivers eveiy month of 

 the year, 68. 



and grilse always together, 73. 



Saltatory motions of salmon origin of 

 specific name, 3. 



Salted salmon, export of, from Scot- 

 land, 4. 



Samlet, name of young salmon in 

 south, 34. 



Sanitary Associations unite with Fish- 

 eries Preservation Association in 

 an address to Lord Palmerston, 

 205. 



Saw-dust noxious to fish in rivers, 203. 

 Scotland exporting in olden times, 4. 

 nature of tenure of salmon 



fisheries in, 7. 

 Scotch minister and the ploughman, 



62. 

 fisheries regulated by Lord 



Advocate's Bill of 1862, 168. 



subject, salmon a, 1. 



Statutes (ancient), 136. 



Scott's (Sir Walter) term for upper 



proprietors, 151. 

 Scrope's Letter to Right Hon. T. F. 



Kennedy, M.P., on parr being 



young of salmon, 36. 

 Sea, Grilse grow in size and weight 



in ; salmon taken near, best for 



food, 149. 

 Sea-coast, the course of the salmon, 



123, 124. 

 fishery in Scotland, as granted 



by Crown, 198. 

 Sea-fish carried by railways into in- 

 land districts, 217. 

 Semi-domestic rearing of salmon, 224. 

 Severity of old Scottish law, 136, 137. 

 Sewage (town) not always fatal to 



fish, 203. 

 Sewers, are rivers to become common 



sewers ? 205-207. 

 Sexual maturity of male parrs, 41-43. 

 Shakspeare's allusions to angling, 26. 

 Shaw (Mr.), head-keeper to the Duke 



of Buccleuch at Drumlanrig Castle, 



experiments on young salmon, 37- 



43. 

 Sheep drains, how they aff'ect ascent 



of salmon, 114. 

 Shin, in Sutherlandshire, why many 



grilse are not caught there other- 

 wise than by angling, 72. 

 Shortening the fishing season on Tay, 



good effect of, 113. 



