340 INDEX. 



Fish as food, 3, 4, u, 15, 16, 18, 19 



as suitable diet in declining years, 18 



,, available as food on or near British shores, 18, 21 



,, condition of, when frozen, 222, 239 



,, Culture Association, 84 



,, dinners at the Fisheries Exhibition, 12, 19 



,, discussion on, 29, 30, 31, 32 



,, epidemic, cause of, 38 



,, flavour of, 222, 225, 239 



,, found dead in impure rivers, 40, 41 



,, found near the mouths of sewers, 46 



,, freezing, 221, 222, 239 



,, handling, 224, 227 



health of, preserved by forests, 268 



in boiled water die, 46 



,, in ice, 224, 240 



,, in lime water die, 43 



killed by sewage, 45 



packing, 224, 228 



piling of, 224, 228 



reproductive power of, 249 



,, require free oxygen, 46 



,, suffer from turbidity of water, 47 



supply, 219, 229 



,, supply from inland waters of Ireland, 81 



,, transport, 220, 241 



unhealthy, effects of eating, 47 



,, value of, 308 

 Fish-hooks (ancient), 282-283 

 Fish-markets, Belgian, 285 



,, ,, Billingsgate, 290 

 Grimsby, 285, 290 



,, Netherlands, 285 



,, ,, Spanish, 295 

 Fish "tea, "9 



Fisher Bank (North Sea trawling-grounds), 310, 313, 317 

 Fisheries of the British Isles, importance of, 117, 144 



,, causes of the depletion of, 245, 246 

 Fishermen, condition of, 297, 301 



,, difficulties in conveying news of storms to, 189 



,, (Scotch), value of storm warnings to, 191 



,, number employed, 308 



Fishermen's fish diet, 12 

 Fishery- fleet of Newfoundland, 155 



,, harbour and pier accommodation, necessity for, 128 ,133 



,, ,, Government neglect of, 133, 134 



,, legislation, 88-101, 144, 254 

 Fishing-grounds, United Kingdom, 289, 290, 293 



