INDEX 



Agulhas Banks, the, 64 



cod at, 285 

 Albacore, the, 182-203 



description of, 182 



food of, 183 



size of, 184 



fishing for, 185, 201 



range of, 187 



life-story of, 187-203 



egg-laying, 202 

 Albatross, 331-349 



description of, 333 



food of, 334 



range of, 336 



breeding of, 337 



varieties of, 338 



life-story of, 341-349 

 Alepisaitrus fei'ox 



description of, 156 



range of, 157 



fragility of, 158 

 Alligator guard, 98, lio 

 Alopecias vulpes 



the foe of right whales, 45 

 Anchovy, 307 

 Antarctic Circle, the, 49 

 Auckland Island, 84 

 Auks, 397 

 Autobiography of a sperm 



whale, 13-38 



Bacallao, 283 

 Balaena attstralis, 48-50 

 Balaenopfera sibbaldii sulphur- 

 eous, 64 

 Baleen, 46 

 Bank cod fishery, 281 



Barbadoes, albacore at, 185 



flying-fish fishery at, 230-233 

 Barnacles, 253 

 Barracouta, 310-328 

 description of, 311 

 anecdotes of, 312 



fishing for, 313-328 



rapacity of, 321 



life of, 323 



diff'erences in, 324 



varieties of, 324 

 Barrier Reef, the, 52 

 BarthoHnus, 137 

 Basilaurus, 169 

 Basking Shark, 97 

 Bean, Mr., iii, 310, 325 

 Becke, Louis, 1 10 

 Beluga, the, 66, 67, 70 

 Benthodesmus Atlanticus, 159 

 Beukelaer, William, 295 

 Bergen, receipt at, 81 

 Billingsgate, fish at, 278 

 Black Fish, 67, 71 

 Bonito, the, 204, 220 



description, 204 



fishing for, 205, 209 



size of, 207 



range of, 207, 210 



warm-blooded, 214 



parasites of, 215 



as food, 217 

 Boobies, 386-395 



description of, 3S7 



stupidity of, 388 



anecdotes of, 388 



hunting for, 389 



foes of, 393 



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