390 INDEX. 



Oyster fisheries, 241 

 Oysters, 307, 308, 312 



PACKERS, number employed in herring fishery, 75 



Packing of mackerel, 128 



Palate of carp, 270 



Palo, Lake, 253 



Parasites, 10, 278, 2981 



comparative number of, 247, 255 

 constantly present in sun-fish, 262 

 grave injuries caused by, 248 

 in salmon from River Brathay, 258 

 ,, may be dangerous at any stage, 252 

 propagated by intermediaries, 20 

 ,, sexually immature, 259 

 ,, undergo transformations, 247 



Parasitism, best supported by fish, 261 



Paris, 312, 314 



"Parr," 150, 151, 158, 185 



Partiality of lobsters for stale fish as food, 343 



Pearls in mussels, 323 



Peculiarities of Scotch salmon fisheries, 149, 150 



Pelagic Crustacea, 333 



'Penicillium glaucum, 9, 12 



Pennell, H. Cholmondeley, 307 



Perch, 59, 61, 68, 217, 219, 231, 271, 273 

 ,, spawn, experiment with, 214 



Peritoneum affected by parasites, 255 



Peritonitis, progressive stages of, 256 



Perpetuation of salmon disease, 15 



Persons employed in mackerel fishery, number of, 121 



Peterhead, fishing port of, 75 



Pike, 217, 218, 273, 275 



,, trisenophorus removed from, 257 



Pike-perch, 50 



Pilchard, 280 



cooking of, 132, 134 

 curing of, 131, 134, 143 

 fishing grounds for, 131 



Pilot-fish, 278 



Plaice, 288 



,, foretold by crabs, 367 



Plagiostomes, 271 



Playfair, Sir Lyon, 89, 108, 292 



Pleuronectidae, 364 



Plymouth fishery, 1 21 



Poaching, 161, 165, 189, 308, 309, 310 



" Pocked " crabs, 368 



