INDEX. 199 



CRUIVES : 



distances of rails in hecks of, 30. 

 table of, 3 1 . 



DEFINITION : 



of mouth of a river, in Tay case, 16 2. 



proposed definition, 162. 



wrong definition of mouth of Liffey, 96. 



FISHERIES : 



practical instructors necessary for, 69. 

 Scotch Fisheries, public expenditure on, 7 I . 

 Irish Fisheries public expenditure on, 71. 



jealousies concerning, 72. 



statistics of, 51. 



FIXED NETS : 



ancient stake or head weirs, 8. 



origin of, 8. 

 annexed to abbeys, 8. 

 In England prohibited by Magna Charta, 162. 



Scotland prohibited down to the mouth of the frith, 162. 

 Ireland prohibited by 10th of Charles I., 145, 162. 

 Bag net, description of 14. 



its great capture, 15. 



large salmon captured by, 20. 



small salmon should not be captured by, 28. 



is frequented by seals, 16. 



dimensions of door of, 16. 



its capture less by night than by day, 18. 



erected from piers or artificial harbours, 23. 



monopolizing effects of, 23. 



so erected, injurious to navigation, 24. 



should be attached to the shore and not allowed 



otherwise, 24. 

 general observations upon, 94, 95. 



suggestions concerning, 96, 97. 



FOYLE FISHERY: 



London Company proprietors of, 52. 



rent of, 52. 



curious statistics relative to, 51. 



produce of, increased from 43 tons to 140 tons, 128. 



GRATING : 



of hecks in cruives, 28. 

 suggestions coacerniug, 2S. 

 table of width of, 3 J . 



