346 INDEX. 



Lemon sole, 316 



Leverrier's first proposal for conveying intelligence of weather, 178 



Leverwood tree, proposed introduction of, 274 



Life-belts, 210 



,, buoys, 210 



rafts, 212 



jackets, 210 



,, saving appliances, invention of, 210, 213, 214 

 Lighthouses. See Harbours and lighthouses. 

 Lime water inimical to fish life, 43 



experiment with, 43 



Limited extent of means provided for saving life at sea, 201 

 Line-fish (fish caught by the line), 283 

 Line-fishing, definition of, 281 

 Lines (fishing). See Fishing-Tackle. 

 Ling, 21, 283, 286, 287, 293, 295, 316 

 Living organisms, 219, 227 

 Lloyd, Mr., 41 



Loans to fishermen to provide boats, &c., 88, 92, 104, 147 

 Lobos Island Fisheries, 170 

 Lobsters, 290 



Localities for seal-fishing, 156-158 

 Local Government Board, 65-7 

 Loch Fyne fisheries, 95, 138 

 Lofoten fishing-grounds. See Fishing-grounds. 

 " London," loss of the, 200 

 Long Forties (North Sea trawling-grounds), 317 

 Long-line fishing, 281 



Lowering and disengaging gear for b'oats, 211 

 Lowestoft fisheries, 95 

 Lyon, Mr. Washington, 56 



MAASLUIS fishing-port. See Fishing-ports. 



Maccaroni, 30 



Mackerel, 7, 20 



,, fishing on the Irish coasts, 119, 120, 121, 122 

 ,, description of nets used in, 123-125 



McAllister, Rev. J., 54, 55 



Magdalen Islands, 158 



Magellan seals, 159 



Straits of, 160, 171 



Malaga, fish trawling at, 251 



Manner of killing seals, 164, 165 



Manure, 56, 61 



value of, 57 



Marine mammalia, work on, 167 



Markets (fish). See Fish-markets. 



Marshall's book on ponds, 81 



