CONTENTS 



seines Sharks! "Tucking" Taking the fish 



The factory The sturgeon Russian sturgeon and sterlet 



fishing Isinglass and caviare . . . . 156 



CHAPTER XIV 



THE CATCHING OF LOBSTERS, CRABS, AND WHELKS 



Fish that are caught in pots The lobster Colonial fish The 

 Bergen and Christiansund lobster-fishery Crayfish Crabs 

 The hermit Land-crabs Tropical and fresh-water crabs 

 Crabbing Whelks Fishing with "trots" Whelking as 

 a trade The boats The pots The fish . . 167 



CHAPTER XV 



THE FISHERIES OF THE FAR EAST 



China, Japan, Siam, etc. A fish-eating people Fresh-water 

 fishing Chinese angling Fishing with the help of cormo- 

 rants How the birds are trained Good and bad divers 

 Two birds to one fish The dip-net River-fishing by hand 

 Sea fisheries ; the junk and the lorcha A Portuguese 

 colony " Archers " and " fighting-fish " Japan's fisheries 

 The salmon and trout . . . -179 



CHAPTER XVI 



SOME REMARKS ON THE IRISH FISHERIES 



Comparative poverty of the western fisheries Possible reasons 

 Present state of the Irish fisheries The Irish fisherman 

 Trawling and long-line fishing Congers, sharks, and sea- 

 cats Trawling on rocky ground "Man overboard 1" Ling, 

 halibut, and ray Eels Tory Island . , , .191 



CHAPTER XVII 



SOME STRANGE FISH AND STRANGE FISHERMEN 



Decay of primitive methods South American fisheries The 

 arapaima Harpoons and tethered arrows The armado 

 Catching fish on land The diodon Fishing in Tierra del 

 Fuego African river-fishing The Indian mango-fish The 

 modern Galilean fisherman South Sea Island fish Proas 

 and Hawaiian "outriggers" Australian and Arctic fishing 203 



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