382 INDEX. 



Epidemic none in River Tees, 5 



River Tyne, 5 



,, subsides spontaneously, 18 



,, violent amongst trout, 6 

 Epizooty, 260, 261 

 Erie, Lake, 65 

 Eurynome aspera, 360 

 Esk River, Midlothian, 155 

 ,, (Yorkshire), no serious fish epidemic in, 5 

 Exe, capture of pilchard in estuary of the, 131 

 Exeter, Marquis of, 26, 35, 67, 145 



,, cultivation of American black bass by, 221 



Export trade, 74 

 Eyemouth, 309 



FEDSCHENKO, 262 



Female lobster and her eggs, 336 



Ferrusac, 252 



Fertility of cockle and oyster affected by parasite, 30 



Filariae in mouse, 251 



,, mistaken for eels, 261 

 Filtered water, 37 

 Findhorn fishery district, 196 

 Finely minced mussels as food for lobsters, 337 

 Fins easily affected by salmon disease, 3 

 Firth of Clyde, 90 



Forth, 90, 108, 283 

 ,, sunfish taken in, 262 



Fish culture 209, 210, 215, 327, 336, 337. See also Oyster culture. 

 ,, ,, advantages of the study of, 54 

 ,, ,, Association, 67 



in Canada, 52, 62/64, 66 

 ,, in the United States, 60, 62, 64, 66 

 Fisher, Mr., Billingsgate salesman, evidence by, 328, 329 

 Fisheries, salmon, of Canada, 173, 175. See also Salmon fisheries. 

 Scotland, 149 



Tweed River, 149, 156, 160, 162, 163 



United States, 173 



Fishermen, number employed in herring fishery, 75 \ 



,, mackerel fisheries, 121 



Fishery Board for Scotland, 72, 81, 83 

 Fishes, predaceous, omnivorous and herbivorous, 269 

 Flat sandy ground unsuitable for liberation of young lobsters, 338 

 Flies, dead, attacked by mould, 10 

 " Floating Anchor," the, 119 

 Flounder, 271, 288 

 Flukes cause " rot," 249 



rarely occupy vital organs, 249 



