422 



INDEX. 



Herrings, two distinct arrivals of, 117 



caught by the dandy-line, 154 



devoured by birds, 35, 36 



by fishes, 36, 266, 334 



resident in our seas, 123 



sent fresh from Ireland to England, 363 



spawiiing in Douglas Bay, 340 



— near the land, 123 



Hewett and Co.'s fish steamers, 225 



"High-dried" herrings, 243 



Hog-boats at Brighton, 220 



Hogshead of pilchards, average contents 



of, 194 

 Hoisting in the fish, SO 

 Holibuts at Grimsby, 254 

 Holy Island, fishing boats at, 272 

 Hookers, 153 

 "Huers,"' duties of, 191 

 Hull, commencement of trawling at, 257 



, importation of ice at, 260 



, increase of trawlers at, 257 



, sale of fish at, 260 



, use of ice by trawlers at, 259 



Humber, fisheries in the, 261 

 "Hundred" of herrings, 241, 286 



of mackerel, 241 



Huxley's evidence on floating spawn, 27 



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Ice, effect of, on the supply of fisli, 18 



, whence obtained, 245 



Ice-box, 259 



Ice-cutters, 259 



Ice for packing the fish at Brixham, 210 



imported at Grimsby, 256 



in the fish trade, general advantage 



of, 261 

 on board trawlers, introduction of, by 



Mr. S. Hewett, 244 



used by fishmongers, 16 



Icing the fish, flavour affected by, 18, 246 

 Inaccurate reports on Brixbam trawling, 204 

 Increase of North Sea trawling, 95 



of trawlers at Brixham, 206, 207 



Grimsby, 252 



Hidl, 257 



Plymouth, 199 



Eamsgate, 222 



Increased cost of fishing gear, 15 

 Inisbofin, boat harbour at, 388 

 Fishing Company, 388 



Injury to harbours by bad weather, 298, 299 

 Inquiry by Koyal Commission at Brixham, 



206 

 Inshore cod-fishing, 147 



trawling on Irish coast, 359 



on Lancashire coast, 181 



Interference of drift-boats with seaning, 195 

 Irish fisheries, aids to their development, 



348 



, bad condition of, 344 



, uncertain prospects of, 395 



, various methods of working, 



394 



improving on the east coast, 348 



Eeport for 1873, 395 



fishermen, efl'ect of the famine on, 347, 



351 



— - — • , emigration of, 347 



, gradual decrease of, 347, 395 



, help offered to, by Mr. B. Whit- 

 worth, 354 



, small number of, 347 



, unwillingness of the Irish people 



to help, 354 



, various occupations of, 347 



fishing boats, decrease of, in 1873, 



395 



fishing boats, statistics of, 344 



fishing yawls, 3G2, 392 



Sea, trawling grounds in the, 358 



Isle of Man, fisheries at the, 338 



, large herrings at the, 339 



, line-fishing at the, 341 



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Jersey, fisheries at, 217 



• , grey mullet at, 218 



men at the Newfoundland fishery, 



219 



K. 



Keel-boats, 272 

 Keer-drag, description of, 219 

 Kenmare Bay, fisheries in, 378 

 Kettle-net, action of, 168 



, danger from, to navigation, 169 



, description of, 167 



, fish caught by, 167 



, interference of, with seaning, 169 



, where used, 167 



Killing the cod for market, 151 

 Kinsale fish exports, 375 



