INDEX. 341 



Fishing-grounds, Danish, 286 



Faroe Isles, 284, 295 



,, Finmarken, 281, 2^4 



French, 295 



Icelandic, 284, 295 



,, Lofoten, 284 



,, Newfoundland, 284 



,, North Sea, 281, 283 



Norwegian, 286-288 



,, Swedish, 286 



Fishing-ports, Barking, 289, 291 

 Grimsby, 285, 300 



,, ,, Maasluis, 284 



,, ,, Middleharniss, 284 



Perniss, 284 



Vlaardingen, 284, 285 



,, ,, Zwartewaal, 284 



Fishing-tackle, British, 294 



,, Esquimaux, 282 



,, ,, Norwegian, 288 



,, Swedish, 287 



Fishing-vessels, British, 282, 289-293 

 Dutch, 285, 291 



,, French, 295, 296 



,, ,, Norwegian, 288 



,, Swedish, 286 



FitzRoy, Admiral, system of warning, 179 

 Flags, use of, in the United States, 182 

 Flavouring, herbs and condiments for, 27 

 Fleeting system, 323 

 Flesh, chemical analysis of composition of, 8, 9 



formers, 5, 6, 7, II, 16 



,, of seal, 167 



,, or muscle, elements of, 5 

 Floating mattresses, 210 

 Floods, prevention of, by forests, 266 

 Flounder, 20 

 Food constituents, 11,12 



,, factors to be regarded in connection with selection of, 10, II 



fish as, 3, 4, n, 15, 16, 18, 19 



" Forest," collision between the " Avalanche " and the, 205 

 Foul or unclean fish, 31 



France, annual gain from fresh water fisheries in, 83 

 ,, area of lakes and ponds in, 83 

 ,, artificial impregnation of fish in, 82 

 ,, culture of fish in, 83 



,, fleet of boats engaged in mackerel fishing off Kinsale in early part of 

 1 8th century, 119 



