484 



INDEX. 



Welch's (Robert) rods, 212. 



West Island, fishing at, 69. 



Whale fishing, 332. 



Whip or eagle ray, the, 433. 



Whitefish, the, 290. 



Whitefish, frozen, 291. 



Whitefish of the Lakes, 429. 



White salmon of Virginia, 424. 



White's (Dr.) story of a bullfrog, 434. 



White trout, the, 258. 



Whiting, the, 430. 



Wilkes, George, fishing with, 62. 



Winninish, the, ^60, 442. 



Wolf-fish, the, 426. 



Worm-fishing for trout, 1 94. 



Wrasse, the blue-striped, 111. 



Wrasses or rockfish, 111. 



Wright, Sile, the guide and gaffer, 56. 



Xenarchus, " the purple of," 20. 

 Yellow perch, the American, 424. 

 Zodiac, signs of the, 18. 



