INDEX. 



ACANTHOPTERYGII, 57~I2I 



Adag orattic, a local name for the haddock, 141 



Adder-pike, a local name for the lesser or viper weever, 82 



Affection, instances of, 31 



Agreements on shipping crews, 353, 381 ; present state of the law on the 

 subject, 403 ; provisions of Merchant Shipping Bill, 1882, 425 



Agreement, Fishing, sanctioned by Board of Trade, 436-448 



Air-bladder, air-sac, or air-vessel, same as the swim-bladder, 17; its uses, 20 



Albinoism, common in flat fishes, 12, 184, 217 



Alewife, another name for the allice-shad, 305 



Allice-shad, 305-307 



Allotments of wages, how affected by Merchant Seamen (Wages) Act 1880, 382 



Ammodytes, 172 



Anacanthini, 121, 314 



Anadromous fishes, 35, 56 



Anal fin, its position and uses, 8 



Anchovy, 245-248 



Anger, manifestations of, in fishes, 31 



Apprentices, indoor, 358, and outdoor, 359 ; desertions frequent, 359 ; effect 

 on apprenticeships of Merchant Seamen Payment of Wages Act, 1880, 

 359 > present state of law as to desertions, 382-388, and indentures, 404 

 regulations of Merchant Shipping Bill, 1882, 425, 431 ; form of inden- 

 tures, sanctioned by Board of Trade, 433-436 



Aquaria, not favourable to the fertility of ova, 36 



Artificial propagation, 37, 43 ; in America, 43 



BADDOCK, a local name for the coal-fish, 154 



Bag-net, where and how used, 47 ; another name for the stow-net, 52 

 Bait, use of mussels as bait, 53 ; bait for bass, 59 ; for " old wife " (sea-bream), 

 65 ; for common sea-bream, 67 ; for Erythrinus sea-bream, 69 ; for 

 gurnards, 71 ; grey gurnard food for lobster, &c., 77 ; for mackerel, 93 ; 

 for John Dory, 106 ; for sand-smelt, in ; for grey mullet, 117 ; for cod- 

 fishes, 125 ; for cod, 135 ; for haddock, 144 ; for whiting, 152 ; for coal- 

 fish, 156; for pollack, 161 ; for hake, 165; for ling, 170; for sand- 

 launce, 176 ; for halibut, 189 ; for turbot, 196 ; for plaice, 204 ; for the 



