INDEX. 701 



Fish, an emblem of Christianity, 198 

 ,, names of, suggesting crests, 66, 67 

 ,, days in England, 41 ; Friday (Venus' day), 42 

 ,, &c., of fancy (individual). See Sea animals, Sea monsters, &c. 

 Fishmongers' Company, 33 

 Fishermen, their patron saints, &c., 32, 47, 48 

 ,, dignities of, 10, 57 



,, i in fairy tale, 57 

 ,, superstitions of, II 



the earliest, 6, 7 



royal, 7 



,, gods as fishes and. See Divinities. 



Flat-fish in fable, 55. See under various species. 

 Floating islands, 329 

 Flood, Biblical, 15, 48, 84 



Vedic, 10, 21, 38, 39 

 Flounder, 57-67 

 Fluke, 6 1 

 Flying-fish, 47, 74 

 ,, squids, 347 



Folk-lore (modern), chap. vii. Fishes of Fancy ; persistence of superstition, 79 

 ,, churches avoided, 88 

 ,, clergy of ill omen, 87 

 ,, feminine influences sinister, 87 

 foreboding death, 84 

 ,, herring traditions, 86-88 

 .,, medical superstitions, 90 

 ,, mermaids, &c., 84 

 ,, of the origin of fishes, 91 



,, their shapes, 82, 83. See also under African, Arctic, Aryan, Aus- 

 tralian, British, Chinese, European, Japanese, Jewish, Polynesian, 

 Red Indian, Russian, Scandinavian, .Syrian. 

 religious superstitions, 87, 88 v 



,, water-cattle, 86 

 Fragrance of fishes, 13 

 ,, cuttle, 6 1 



grayling, 14 



whale, 30 



Franchise of fishing. See Privileges. 

 Furuke, 47 



GAIMARD, Quoy and, great calamary seen by, 363 



Garfish, 67 



Gems obtained from fishes, 51 



Glover, Surgeon (1676), report of a mermaid, 207 



Gods as fishes and fishermen. See Divinities. 



Golden Barbel Angling Societies, 176 



Golden bream, 129 



