6i8 INDEX. 



harbours, with references to the natural conditions on which his opinions 

 are based, 40, 44-113 



Stilling basins, 75 



Stone, its destruction by Pholas, &c., 91 



Sturgeon included among "royal fish," 286 



Sumburgh Roost, 64 



Sunderland, North, harbour extension much needed, 7 J fisheries at present 

 carried on there, 8 ; its favourable position as a fishing centre, 8 ; pro- 

 posed plan for providing funds for improvements by means '_ of Govern- 

 ment loan, 10 



Surf increased by tides, 66, 67 



Swansea, one of the principal fishing ports on the Welsh coast, 256 



Swimming, advantages to fishermen of a knowledge of the art, 120 



TALUS or spending beach, 82 



Tees (the), its inaccessibility at low water, 5 



Teignmouth, character of the fishery carried on there, 256 



Telegraphs might be rendered of great value to the fisheries, 189 



Tenby, harbour needs improvement, 24 



Thames (the), special enactments relative to fisheries, 150; causes of disap- 

 pearance of salmon, 169 



Tides (the), their effect in increasing surf, 66, 67 



Timber, its use in the construction of harbours, &c., 87 ; its destruction by 

 worms, 88 ; plans adopted for its protection, 89 ; its advantages as a 

 building material, 90 



Trawling, disputes between " drifters" and " trawlers," 199 ; alleged destruc- 

 tion of nets by trawlers, 199 ; importance of the trawling industry, 199 ; 

 the possibility of injury to bait beds by trawling, 200 ; results of experi- 

 ments as to its effect on the herring fishery, 200 ; alleged destruction of 

 spawn by the trawl without foundation, 210 ; mode of using the trawl, 

 231 ; regulations respecting trawlers in Fisheries Act of 1868, 237, 246, 

 248 ; enactments made at various times for the restriction of trawling, 

 255, 260, 278, 280 



Trespass, law of, fishermen relieved from its operation, 174 



VETCH, Captain, R.E., his plan for the construction of a harbour of refuge 

 at St. Ives (Cornwall), 30 



WASH (the), its importance in providing bait for fisheries, 5 



Washington, Admiral, his report on the suitability of Padstow as a site for a 



harbour of refuge, 26 

 Waves, their height, 56 ; length, 58 ; force, 59 ; instances of their destructive 



effects, 60 ; their force sometimes modified by tides, 63 ; relation between 



their height and depth of water, 68 ; Mr. Scott Russell's law of breaking 



waves, 70 ; " send " of waves, no 

 Weirs, prohibited by Magna Charta, 146; other statutes on. the subject of 



weirs, 148, 149 ; their subsequent construction for the improvement of 



navigation, 150; weirs described, 233 



