INCI EGS 
A. 
Abdomen, parasite in walls of, 57. 
Abundance, of swordfish, past and preserft, 32, 
40, 82, 84. 
Acanthocybium, 91. 
Adriatic, swordfish in the, 17, 18. 
Aelian, 24, 26, 30, 44. ; 
Africa, swordfish on the east coast, 20. 
Africa, swordfish on the west coast, 22, 30. 
Agassiz, 6, 23. 
Aguglia imperiale, 19. 
Aguja, 5, 15, 28. 
Aguja blanca, 5 (?), 15, 16. 
Aguja de Casta, 5, 15, 95, 96. 
Aguja de Paladas, 5, 15. 
Aguja prieta, 5, 15. 
Aguja voladera, 15. 
Aguja voladora, 5. 
Agulha, 3. 
Agulhao, 3. 
Aldrovandus, 25. 
Algiers, swordfish in, 4. 
Alimentary canal, pesasites, 55, 
Allen, Captain, 29, 85. 
Alliveri, 71. 
Amboyna, 6. 
Ambrose, Rev. J., 28. 
Amsterdam, brig, 49. 
Annual school, 84. 
Antigua, swordfish about the island of, 28. 
Apparatus of capture, 60. 
Appendix, 81. 
Appleman, Capt. John, 49, 86. 
Aristotle, 3, 24, 54. 
Arrival, times of, 31. 
Ascaris incurva, Rudolphi, 55. 
Ashby, Capt. Benjamin, 3, 32, 35, 37, 40, 41, 43, 59, 
62, 64, 74, 79. 
Ashley River, fossil swordfish in, post pliocene of, 
23. 
Atlantic Ocean, 6,7, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 38, 
41, 42. 
Attacks upon vessels, 35, 36, 43-40, 64, 85, 86. 
Atwood, Capt. N. E., 53, 54, 67. 
Auckland, New Zealand, 5, 11, 29. 
Auxis vulgaris, 27. 
Azores, 45, 
B. 
Badham, 75. 
Bagnara, 70. 
Baird, Prof. Spencer F., 3, 18, 28, 45. 
Bait, 65. 
Baker, Captain, 34, 37. 
Balandia, a fishing vessel, 45. 
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+ Bul. 
Baltic, 4, 24, 27, 30. 
Bankley, 44. 
Banks, Sir Joseph, 19, 21, 
Banquereau bank, 65, 66. 
Barbados, 18. 
Barcelona, 38. 
Baretto, 96. 
Barnstable, 76, 77. 
Barnstable Patriot, 67. 
Barrels inspected in Massachusetts, 76, 77. 
Bayonet-fish, 49. 
Beak. See Sword. 
Bean, Dr. Tarleton H., 5, 39, 87. 
Becasse de Mer, 6. 
Bedford Basin, 28. 
Beechy, Captain, 48. 
Bellon, 25. 
Belone truncata, 5. 
Bennett, Dr. G., 17. 
Bermudas, 5, 30,g0, 51. 
Berthelot, 26. 
Beverly, 76, 77. 
Bezaan-fisch, 6. 
Bicuda, 6. 
See Sword. 
Bill-fish, 5, 29, 31, 54, 81, 84, 86. 
Bibron, M,, 79. 
Blackford, Eugene G., 3, 18, 31, 35,.59, 75, 78, 81. 
Black Sea, 26. 
Bladder, 7, 9, 13, 94. 
Blake, J. H., 18 
Blanchard, 56. 
Bleeker, 5, 6. e 
Bloch, 4, 18, 23, 26, 38. 
Block Island, 11, 32, 37, 59, 60, 64, 65, &3, 86, 
Blue-fish, 3, 33, 41, 75, 84. 
Blue-shark, 54. 
Boats. - See Vessels. 
Boccone, S. Paulo, 55. 
Bomare, 25. 
Bomba, 96. 
Bonaparte, 18. 
Bonito, 27, 33, 41. 
Boohoo, 5, 6, 17. 
Boston, 48, 53, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 83, 84, 85. 
Boston Society Natural History, 23, 49, 53. 
Bothriocephalus plicatus, Rudolphi, 57. 
Bothriocephalus xiphiae (Gmelin), True, 57. 
Bowsprit, 62. 
Brachiella ramosa, Richiardi, 58. 
Branchiae (see Gills), 6. 
Branchiostegals, 6, 7, 10. 
Brasiliae, Historia Naturalis, 16. 
Bray, F.C. 
Brazil, 5, 6, 17, 18, 31. 
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