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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



American oyster, number of eggs pro- 

 duced by, v., 107 

 American sea trout, vi., 62 

 Amia, ii., 154 

 Amiability of fabulous fishes, iii., 23, 



55,64 



Ammoccetes, ii., 168 



Ammodytes, vi., 282 ; viii., 172 



Ammonia, its chemical composition, i., 

 346 



Ammoniacal substance, its conversion 

 into living beings, vi., 299 



Ammonites, iii., 283 



Amphibia, ii., 170 



Amphioxus, or Lancelet, i., 199 



Amphipoda, the food of the sturgeon, 

 vi., 278 ; and of the herring, vi., 283 



Amram Bank (North Sea trawling- 

 grounds), vii., 317 



Anacanthini, i., 150-160; ii., 142-147; 

 viii., 121-235 



Anadromous fish, ii., 474, 476; viii., 

 35, 56 ; causes likely to lead to their 

 extermination, xiii., I37-I53; how 

 defined, xiii., 329 



Anadromous shad, partial omission to 

 feed at breeding time, vi., 275 



Anal fin, its position and uses, viii., 8 



Analysis of food, i., 362, 364, 367, 

 368 ; of composition of flesh, vii., 8 ; 

 of composition of wheaten bread, 

 vii., 8 ; of composition of white fish, 

 vii., 8 



Anatomists and physiologists, chrono- 

 logical table of, i., 449 



Anchors, use of, in line-fishing, vii., 

 282 



Anchovies, their importation as cured 

 fish into America, v., 9 



Anchovy, i., 170, 429; ii., 135, 136; 

 viii., 245, 248 ; xiii., 38, 43, 99 



Anclote Keys, sponge fishery at, v., 51 



Andaman Islands, line fishing there, ii., 

 455 ; modes of capturing fish adopted 

 there, ii., 457 



Anderson, Dr., discovery by him of a 

 fluke in the dolphin of the Ganges, 

 vi., 249 



Anderson, Mr. A. C., inspector of fish- 

 eries in British Columbia, opinion ex- 

 pressed by him that salmon in rivers 



on the Pacific coast die after spawn- 

 ing, ii., 299, 302 



Andrews, T., prize essay on "the 

 Propagation of the Salmonidse," xi., 

 21-37 



Andrews's Galathea, vi., 360, 363 

 Angel-fish, i., 191; ii., 160, 163; iii., 29 

 Anger, manifestations of, in fishes, viii., 



31 



Angler, i., 101 



Anglers' Benevolent Association, the, 

 iii., 167 



Anglers for coarse fish, their numerical 

 superiority over other anglers, vi. , 208 



Anglers, increasing number of, ii., 369 



Anglers, royal, iii., 7 



Angling, close season for, i., 229, 230 ; 

 pleasures of angling, ii., 372 ; popu- 

 larity of sport in recent years, xi., 85 ; 

 capture of herring by this means, xi., 

 160; antiquity of angling, xiii., 298 ; 

 English literature connected with the 

 subject, xiii., 299 ; its popularity at 

 the present day, xiii., 300; modern 

 improvements in fishing appliances, 

 xiii., 301 



Angling clubs of the metropolis, iii., 

 165-177 ; their origin, xi., 571 ; num- 

 ber of clubs at present in existence, 

 xi., 572 ; their constitution, xi., 573 ; 

 fishery associations, xi., 574 ; their 

 amalgamation recommended, xi. , 

 574; benevolent organisations, xi., 

 576 



Angling societies of London and the 

 provinces, list of, iii., 126 



Animal chemistry i., 347 



Animal foods, vii., 6-9 



Animal heat, source of, i., 348 



Annelids, taken by herrings as food, vi., 

 282 



Ansell, Mr. A. W., his paper on 

 "Trawling," vii., 303-326; xiii., 

 104 



Anson, Captain, on oyster culture, v., 



100 



Anson, Commander C. U., R.N., and 

 Willett, E. H., prize essay on 

 " Oyster Culture," xi., 267-375 



Anstruther, harbour accommodation, 

 ix., 10, II ; grant by Parliament to- 



