INDEX 



Malacca, 179 



Malay : fishermen, 173; pirates, 

 186, 215 



Manatee, 281-283 



ManatidaB, 280 



Mango-fish, 213 



Man overboard, 198 



Massacre of seals, 309 



"Maze," or "Mease/ 145 



Mediterranean: fish, 148-155; 

 sponge, 251-262 



Menhaden, 132 



" Mermaid's Glove," 251 



Migration : anchovy, 148 ; mac- 

 kerel, 127 ; salmon, 60-62 



Moored-nets, 27, 63, 66, 69, 72, 

 107, 1 10, 150 



Mother-of-pearl. See Nacre 



Mullet, 130, 150 



Murex, 19 



Mussel, 50-53 ; fresh-water, 220; 

 pearl, 230 



Nacre, 218-219, 230 



Narwhal, 272-277 



Natural salmon-traps, 63, 68 



Nets. See Moored -net, Drift- 

 net, etc. 



Newfoundland, 100, 107, 278 



Nile, 2 1 1-2 1 2 



Norway, 67, 81, 168 



Norwegian : salmon-fishing, 67- 

 69, 8 1, 82 ; whalers, 92, 234, 

 245 



Oil: cod, 88; dugong, 280; 

 seal, 299 ; porpoise, 272 ; 

 shark, 152 ; sturgeon, 166 ; 

 whale, 245, 249 



Oyster, 19, 111-123; heds, 121, 

 123 ; pearl, 220, 221 ; varie- 

 ties, 122 



" Oyster-catcher," 123 



Oyster-catching, 122 



Packing pilchards, 163 

 Pearls : fixed, 228 ; loose, 229 



Phosphorescent track of fish, 



127, 136, 140 

 Pilchard, 148, 156-164 

 Pilchard-seine, 158-162 

 Pilot-fish, 152 

 Pinna, 155 

 Pinnipeds, 297-314 

 Piracy, 104 



Porpoises, 135, 215, 270-272 

 Portuguese fishermen, 20, 125, 



1 86 

 Pots, 27, 167; crab, 173, 174; 



lobster, 170; whelk, 177 

 Prawns, 50 



Private grounds, 71, 121 

 Proas, 215 

 Puget Sound, 62, 63 

 Purse-seines, 126, 127 

 Push-nets, 23, 42 



Queen Charlotte Sound, 63 

 Queensland, 168 



Rafts, 24, 180-185 



Ray, 200 



"Red snappers," 131 



Registration of nets, 70, 158 



Remarkable hauls, 77, 127 



Remora, 287-289 



Re-stocking oyster-beds, 113, 



122 



Rod-and-line fishing, 23, 73-87 

 Rorqual, 243 

 Russian sturgeon-fishing, 164- 



166 ; sealing, 303 



St. Ives, 156-158 



St. Peter and the tribute money, 



I5i 



Sampan, 188 

 Sardines, 148, 163 

 Saw-fish, 152 



Scandinavian fishermen, 29, 67 

 School of whales, 237 

 Schooners, 25, 101 

 Scotch fisheries, 33, 52, 134; 

 salmon, 71 



