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Index 



Herring — {continued) 



range of, 294 



curing of, 295 



varieties of, 297-309 



fishing for, 303 

 Hobson's Bay, 144 

 Holland, fisheries in, 296 

 Holothuria, 123 



Home, Mr. E., on fossil fish, 180 

 Hugo, Victor, 127 

 Humboldt's Penguin, 399 

 Humpback Whale, life of, 45, 



51-58 



arms of, 52 



foes of, 52 



food of, 53 



attacked by man, 54-56' 



play of, 56 



parasites of, 57 



blubber of, 57 

 Hydrarchos Sillimanni, 172 



Inaccessible Island, 34 

 Infusoria, 151 



Janthina, 158 

 Jefferies, Richard, g 

 Jelly-fish, 128 



Kauwhai, 327 



Kelp, 419 



Kerguelen's Land, 84 



Khelindromi, 187 



Killer Whale, 43 



King of the herrings, 1 52 



Kipling, Rudyard, 9, 73, 403, 421 



Kircher, Athanasius, 137 



Koch, Dr. A. C, on sea-serpents, 



172 

 Kotick, 73, 96 

 Kraken, the, 138 



Lance-fish. See Sword-fish 

 Large Herring, 308 

 Lee, Mr., 173 

 Limpets on whales, 57 

 Ling, 275, 288 

 Liocctus Murrayi, 164 

 Lister, Dr., 172 

 Lofoden Islands, 138 



Loligo, 132 



' London,' 262 



Lopholatilus chamaeleoniiceps, 



159 

 L'Orient, 306 

 Loyalty Islands, 353 

 Lucas, Mr., 161 

 Lydekker, 310 



Mahabarafa, the, 179 

 Mackerel, 256-273 



sold on Sunday, 257 



dangers of, 257 



flesh of, 258 



description of, 258 



schools of, 259 



numbers of, 260 



range of, 260 



mackerel guide, 261 



action of moon upon, 263 



use of, in America, 263 



varieties of, 263-273 



See also Albacore 

 Mackerel Guide, 261 

 Magnus, Olaus, on the kraken, 



137 

 on sea-serpents, 170 



Maldive Island, 265 



Mallemucks, 338 



Man-of-war Bird, 403 



Manatees, 73-76 

 food of, 74 

 as pets, 75 

 character of, 75 



Mancalius Uranoscoptis, 163 



Maories fishery for Barracouta, 

 318 



McQuhae, Captam, on sea-ser- 

 pent, 176 



Medusae, 128, 188 



Megaptera, 167 



Melanocetus J oh nsonii, 1 64 



Melville, Herman, quoted, 139 



Menhaden, 297 



Michelet, 403, 404 



Mitnulus moschatus, 142 



universality of, scent 



of, 371 



Moby Dick, quoted, 139 



Mollymauks, 338 



