INDEX. 343 



Hair-seal fishing, 159 



Hake, 21, 316, 320 . 



Halibut, 21, 283, 294, 316 



Hamilton, Marquis of, remarks by, 276, 328 



Handling of fish objectionable, 224, 228 



Hand-lining, definition of, 282 



Hangman Point, necessity for harbour or pier at, 135 



Harbour and pier accommodation, necessity for proper, 33, 79, 86, 96, 100, 



104 128, 142, 143, 147 

 Harbour seal, 156 

 Harbours and lighthouses, 298 



,, of refuge, 96, 139 

 Hardships of seal-hunter's life, 167, 168 

 Harp seal, 156 

 Harwich fisheries, 95, 138 



Haunts of herring and mackerel on South coast of Ireland, 117 

 Human body, structure and functions of, 5 

 Health of fishes, preservation of, by forests, 268 

 Heligoland (see also North Sea trawling-grounds), 317 

 Helmholtz, 220 

 Hempen cord for nets, 157 



Heneage, Mr., M.P, remarks on line-fishing, 300 

 Herbs and condiments for flavouring fish, 28 

 Herds of seals in Gulf of St. Lawrence, 156 

 Hereford, 41, 43 

 Herring fisheries, statistics of Irish, 76 



,, fishing off Kinsale coast in early part of i8th century, 119 

 ,, fresh, 20 



Herrings, 226, 285, 293, 294 

 Hide, 159 



High latitudes, gregarious nature of seals in, 156 

 History of the fisheries of Ireland, 117 

 Hoffmeyer, Captain, investigations of Atlantic storms, 185 

 Hollandaise sauce, 13 

 Home, Mr. Milne, 58, 191 

 Hooded seal, 156 



Hookers. See Fishing-vessels, Dutch. 

 Hooks (fish), ancient. See Fish-hooks. 

 Home of fur seals, 162 

 Horn Reefs, 310, 317, 322 

 Hornsby, Mr., remarks by, 94-96, 137, 139 

 Howth fisheries, 137 



,, herring fisheries, 76, 95 

 Hudson's Bay, 157 

 Hull, railway rates from amount of fish caught at, 307, 308, 309, 314, 



323, 325 



Hunting seals, 158, 164, 165 

 Huxley, Professor, remarks on trawling, 330 



