INDEX. 353 



South Shetland Island fisheries, 170 

 Southwell, Sir Robert, 119 



Spain, diminution of sea-bream and other shore species of fish in, 260 

 ,, fishery boards in maritime provinces of, 254 

 ,, oyster beds of, 246 



,, proposed legislation on Salmon fisheries of, 253 

 ,, salmon a luxury in, 253 

 Spanish fishermen, nets and other utensils used by, 250 



,, opinions respecting the causes of the diminution of fisheries entertained 



by, 249, 250 



,, waters, disastrous results of trawling in, 251 

 ,, ,, Jabegas and boliche worked by boats in, 251 



Spitzbergen Seal-Fisheries, 172 

 Spring fishing, 158 

 St. George, Isle of, 171 

 St. Lawrence, Gulf of, 156-158 

 St. Paul, Isle of, 171 

 Stanhope, Sir H. S., 41 

 Starchy matters, 1 1 

 Starting for seal-fisheries, 162, 163 



State aided harbour, piers, &c., in Scotland and North of England, 134 

 ,, purchase of railways in Ireland by the, 139 

 ,, supervision of seal-fisheries, 167 

 Statistics, carp caught in Austria, 83 

 ,, Irish herring fisheries, 76 



,, relating to fishings on the English, Scotch and Irish coasts, 94-96, 140 

 ,, relating to herring and mackerel fishing off coast of Kinsale, with 



boats, &c., engaged, 122 

 Steam appliances for fishing purposes, advantages of, 100, 103, 106, 127, 130 



143, 146, 149 

 cutters, 310, 322, 324 



fishing boats, 96, 100, 103, 128,- 131, 139, 143, 146 

 trawlers, 103, 146 

 ,, vessel used as floating station for hatching shad, &c., in United States, 



82 



Steam vessels used in seal trade, 167-169 

 Stephens, Mr., 41 



Stores provided when starting for seal-fishing, 162 

 Storm of 24th October 1882, its suddenness, 189 

 Strabo on the enormous quantities of tunnies caught by the Phoenicians, 



247 



Straits of Belle Isle, 156 

 Gibraltar, 248 

 Magellan, 160-171 

 Structure and functions of the human body, 5 

 Sturgeon, 61 



Suet, use of, in diet, II, 13 

 Surr, Mr., 60 



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