INDEX 



Ceylon pearl-fishing, 221-229; 

 dugongs, 280 



China: fisheries, 186; river- 

 fishing, 180-186 



Christianasund lobster -fishery, 

 168-170 



Cleaning fish, 28, 57, 67, 97, 

 107 



Close time, 21 ; salmon, 71, 73; 

 oysters, 112; seals, 311 



Cod : Iceland, 88-99 5 American, 



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" Cold Wall " current, 103 

 Collecting-boats or carriers, 107, 



121, 127, 130, 146, 202 

 Colony of seals, 305-307 

 Columbia river, 62, 64, 66 

 Congers, 54, 194, 195 

 Coral, 19, 147 

 Cormorants, 182-185 

 Cornish fishermen, 156, 173 

 Cowries, 19 

 Crabbing, 24, 173, 174 

 Crabs, 46, 119, 170-173; fresh 



water, 173; land, 172, 173 

 "Cran," 145 

 Cray-fish, 170 

 Creels, 55 



Currents, 28, 103, 168, 194, 222 

 Cutter-rigged smacks, 25, 41, 



H3, 193 

 Cuttle-fish, 26, 210 



Dabs, 47 



Dangers of the fisherman's call- 

 ing, 28, 29, 33, 49, 90, 98, 101, 



103,156,237,304, 305. 3U 



Danish cod crews, 89 



Diodon, 209, 210 



Dip-nets, 185, 189, 211 



Divers: pearl, 221-227; sponge, 

 251-259; turtle, 290; of 

 Tierra del Fuego, 211 



Dogger Bank, 33, 37, 54 



Dog-whelk, 117, 219 



Dolphin, 265-268 



Dory work, 102-106 



Dragonet, 150 



Dredge, 27, 114 



Dredging: oysters, 113-121; 

 mussels, 52; sponges, 259- 

 260 



Drift-nets, 26, 137-144 



Drum-fish, 212 



Dugong, 280, 281 



Dutch : fishing-boat, 43 ; fisher- 

 men, 43 ; Banks, 39 ; oyster- 

 beds, 122; whaling, 233 



East Coast fishermen, 33 



East Indies, 172, 204, 220, 289 



Eels, 200, 20 1 



Egypt, 204, 211 



Eskimos : fishing, 217 ; sealing, 



299-302 ; whaling, 232 

 Essex shrimpers, 42 

 Experience, 27, 28 



Faroe Islands, 92, 268 



Fighting-fish, 187 



Finns, 69, 70 



Fishermen, 27-29 ; attitude to- 

 wards strangers, 32, 33, 176 



Fish-wheel, 65 



"Fire-fingers," 56, 117 



" Fleet" of nets, 26, 140, 161 



Florida, 130; Keys, 262 ; sponge, 

 262-264 



Fly-crabs, 46 



Flying-fish, 83, 86, 87, 210, 214 



Fox-fish, 47 



Fox-shark, 243 



Fraser River, 60-62 



French fishermen, 100, 104, 105, 



125, 155 



French trawling, 101, 104, 105 

 "Fry": oyster, 112; salmon, 



62 



Gaffing salmon, 80 

 Galapagos tortoise, 294-5 

 Galilee (Sea of), 151 ; fishing, 

 213 



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