352 INDEX. 



Sedentary species of fish, 245 



Selection of food, factors to be regarded in connection with, 10, II 

 Self purification of rivers, 44, 45 



,, ,, chlorophyllaceous growths, means of, 47 



Selwyn, Admiral Jasper, on insufficient boat accommodation, 202 

 Sewage farms, 49 



impractible for the metropolis, 50 



land suitable for, 49 



,, in rivers affects health, 55 



kills fish, 43 



,, methods of purifying, 49 

 Sewage of Hereford, doing injury to the river, 41 

 Sewell-Gana, Major, Chilian Commissioner, 170 

 Sex and age of seals, 166 

 Shade for fish afforded by forests, 268, 277 

 Shark -fishing, 299 

 Shaw-Lefevre, J. G., M.P., 79 

 Shetland, Norsemen of, 79 

 Sheward, Mr., remarks on storm warnings, 192 

 Shipment of skins, 165 

 Shooting seals, 166 

 Shrimp trawling, 311, 331 

 Sicily, floods and droughts in, 267 

 Signal-ships, 184, 185, 192 

 Signals, descriptions of, 179 



,, used by fishing fleets, 321 

 Sillar, Mr., 17, 29, 51, 63 



Silver pits, the (North Sea trawling-grounds), 311, 314, 322 

 Silvered pups (seals), 166 

 Sims, Mr., remarks on trawling, 326 

 " Singapore," loss of the, 205 

 Single boating system, 323 

 Size of seals, 166, 167 

 Skate, 283, 294, 316 



Sketch of oven for cooking fish before the fire, 27 

 Skins, preparation of, 165 

 Slater, Mr. J. W. 44 

 Smelt, 19 

 Smith, Mr., 57 

 Social habits of seals, 156 

 Sole, 313, 316, 317, 320, 327 

 Solid constituents of meat, bread, and fish, 7, 8 

 Soups and stews, conger and turtle for, 21, 22, 23 

 Southern fisheries, 159, 173 



Pacific, 154 



Patagonia, 159 



South of Ireland (near Dublin) Fishing Co., Limited, 121 

 South Sea fur seals, 159 



