INDEX. 351 



Rice, II 



Ridley, Mr., Acting Commissioner for Newfoundland, 168 



River carp, 82 



Rivers Pollution Act, 42 



,, inefficacy of, 69 



,, when passed, 68 



,, power of cleansing themselves, 43 



Roasting fish, 27 

 Rookeries of seals, 159-161 

 " Royal Charter," loss of, 179, 200 

 Royal Commission on Pollution of Rivers, 39, 55 



> on saving life at sea, proposed appointment of, 215, 



216 



,, Navy, ships of the, 199 



aggregate armament, 199 



,, crews, 199 



,, ,, equipment, 199 



,, ,, ,, steam power, 199 



,, ,, tonnage, 199 



Russia, interest in seal-fishery, 171 

 Rye -grass, Italian, 50 



Salix Babylonicdy 274 



caprcea, 274 



purpurea, 274 



,, virminalisy 274 

 Salmon, 30, 31, 221, 223, 241 



,, fisheries, English law on, 252 

 ,, found dead, 40 

 Salmonidse, in uncooked state, 30 

 Salt for preserving skins, 163 

 Salted fish, 7, 17, 284, 285, 295 

 Sandy Point, 160, 165 

 Saprolegnia, 268 



Sarmiento, Father, on the funny fisheries of the golden horn, 247 

 Sauces for fish, 13 

 Saving life at sea, 199-216 



,, ,, appliances for, 203, 210, 214 



,, ,, provisions and conditions for, 199, 214-216 



Scammon, Captain, U.S., 167 

 " Schiller," Loss of the, 200 

 Schroder, 220 

 Schwann, 219, 220 



Scotch herring fisheries, 129, 138, 146 

 Scotland, transport of fish to, 227 

 Sea-bream, 21 



Seal-hunters, principal station for, 160 

 Seal-hunting, 159, 167, 168 



