INDEX. 



429 



Whales in Donegal Bay, 3S9 



at Shetland, 310 



Whelks, as bait for cod, 138 



, how kept alive, 143 



, measnnment of, 143 



, methods of catching, 142, 143, 310 



, quantity used by each cod-smack, 143 



, where procured, 142 



Where do fish spawn ? 39 



Whitebait, 124 



, as described by Yarrcll and Couch, 



125 

 and herring, their specific characters 



compared, 125, 126 



net, 1G6 



" White herrings," branding of, 296 



, classification of, 295 



, method of curing, 294 



, packing, 295 



, where exported, 297 



Whiting in Donegal Bay, 391 



on the coast of Devon, 81 



Wholesale purchase of fish, 15 

 Why do fish approach the land ? 40 

 Wick an important station, 294 



winter herring fishery, 297 



Harbour, construction of, 298, 299 



Wink, 198 



, dandy, 67, 71 



Winter herring fishery in Scotland, 286, 297 

 — — herrings for ba't, 297 



the best trawling season, S3 



Working the trawl, 70 



Yarmouth, curing herrings at, 241 



, lauding the fish at, 239 



, payment (if fishermen at, 241 



, smoking herrings at, 242 



• , Swindon's account of, 236 



, trawling at, 244 



drift-boats used as trawlers, 246 



" ferry-boats," 239 



fishery, antiquity of, 236 



in the sixth century, 97 



Haven, difficulty in entering, 238 



herrings, mode of packing, 243 



herring season, 237 



luggers, crews of, 105 



, description of, 104 



smoke-room, 242 



trawlers, crews of, 246 



wholesale fish-market, 239 . 



Yarrell on the spawning time of the sprat, 



133 

 Yarrell's description of the whitebait, 



125 

 Yorkshire coast, fisheries on, 264 

 Young fish at all distances from the land, 



44 



caught by shrimpers, 44 



caught by trawlers, 45 



in bays, probably nut spawned 



there, 44 



■ inshore, 42 



Young fry, early destruction of, 37 



THE END. 



LONDON: PRINTED BY EDWARD STANFORD, 6, 1, & 8, CHARING CROSS, S.W. 



