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Palatal bones, 8, 12, 91, 92, 96. 
Paleorhynchus, 23. 
Palermo, 75. 
Palimadaras, 70. 
Palmi, 70. 
Parapophyses, 7. 
Parasites, 54, 58, 83, 84, 94. 
Parietal bone, 39. 
Paris Museum, 23. 
Parnell, 4, 52. 
Parrett River, 30. 
Patti, 71. 
Peacock-fish, 6. 
Pectoral-fin, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 52, 89, 90, 93, 94, 96. 
Pega de los Agujas, 59. 
Peito, 20. 
Pelamys sarda, 27. 
Perils of sword-fishing, 63. 
Pelvic arch, 7. 
Pennant, 25. 
Pennatula filosa, Linn, 58. 
Pennella costaii. Richiardi, 58. 
Pennella filosa (Linn.), Cuvier, 58. 
Peru, 27, 29, 31, 85. 
Pesce epada, 3. 
Peter D. Smith, schooner, 34, 37. 
Pez de espada, 3, 28. 
Pharos, 69. 
Pharyngeal-bones, 7. 
Philadelphia, 32. 
Philichthys xiphix, Steenstrup, 58. 
Phillips, Barnet, 3. - 
Philosophical Trans., 55. 
Phosphorescence, 24. 
Pickled, 67. 
Pike, Col. Nicholas, 19, 36. 
Pillan, 24. 
Piso, 16, 17. 
Pliny, 23, 51. 
Plymouth, inspection port, 76, 77. 
P. M. Tinker, brig, 47. 
Pocahontas, ship, 49. 
Poey, Prof. Felipe, 5, 15, 18, 20, 28, 35, 43, 92. 
Polibius, 72. 
Poronotus, 9, 41. 
Portland, Me., 6, 10, 37, 40, 60, 68, 74, 75, 78, 79, 81. 
Portugal, 3, 38. 
Portuguese, 6. 
Post-plocene, 28. 
Pound-net, 70. 
Powell, Samuel, 18. 
Prefrontals, 94. 
Premaxillaries, 6. 
Prenasal bone, 6. 
Preopercular spine, 6, 89. 
Preoperculum, 7, 12, 39, 88, 89, 91, 93. 
Prices, 67, 68, 73, 74, 78, 83, 84, 95. 
Priscilla. vessel, 45. e 
Prince Edward Island, 28. 
Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 49. 
Progtor, R. A., 45. 
Products of fisheries, 73. 
Profits to fishermen, 67. 
Providence, R. I., 78, 84. 
Provincetown, Mass., 53, 54, 74, 76, 77. 
Pseudo-branchiae, 6. 
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [104] 
Pugh, Captain, 68. 
Pugnacity, 43, 49. 
Pulpit, 62, 63, 66, 
Purchas’ Pilgrims, 44. 
Pygosteus occidentalis, 6. 
Pyloric caeca, 7, 8, 9. 
Pylorus, 13, 94. 
Q. 
Queensberry, English ship, 45. 
Quincy Market, 78. 
R. 
Rafiles, Sir Stamford, 36. 
Rafinesque, 19, 79. 
Range, 31, 37. 
Raynaud, 22, 42. 
Rays. (See Fins. ) 
Rectum, parasites, 57. 
Red-hot, yacht, 45. 
Red Sea, 21, 31. 
Relationships, 82, 84. 
Removas, 58. ; 
Remoropsis brachypterus, 58. ® 
Renard, 17. 
Renny, John, 26. 
Reproduction, 42, 43, 83. 
Rest, 62. 
Results of trips, 74. 
Rhode Island, 28, 74. 
Rhombochirus osteochir, 59. 
Rhuys, 30. 
Richardson, Sir John, 4, 27. 
Richmond, Va., 23. 
Rio de Vigo, 45. 
Rio Grande, 46. 
Risso, 4. , 
River, sword-fish entering, 29. 
Rochefort, 6. 
Rochelle, 22. 
Rockport, inspection port, 76, 77. 
Romance of sword-fishing, 63. 
Romans, 69. 
Roqual, 54. 
Rostrum. (See Sword.) 
Round-billed Sword-fish, 87. 
Round-worms, 55. 
Rowe, Capt. John, 3, 27, 37, 40. 
Rowland, Captain, 49, 86. 
Riippell, 40. 
Russia, 27. 
S. 
Sable Island Bank, 27, 60, 65, 66. 
Sagra, 18. 
Sail-fish, 5, 6, 16, 17, 18, 20, 30, 31, 36, 39, 42, 81, 87, 92. 
Saint John’s River, Fla., 28. 
Salted, 67, 75, 84. 
Salvatore dei Greci, 71. 
Salviani, 24. 
Sandwich, inspection-port, 76, 77. 
Sandy Hook, 26, 31, 59, 81. 
Sanguisuga, 55. 
Santa Catalina, 29. 
Santa Cruz, 38. 
} Santa Monica, 29. 
