ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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Bennett, on whales spouting, iii., 257 



I Jen Nevis, proposed establishment there 

 of an observatory, vii., 192, 194 



Bergen, its vicissitudes as a fishing 

 port, iv., 200 ; cod fisheries, v., 281 



Bergylt, or " Norway haddock," i., 95 



Berners, Dame Juliana, i., 502 



Berose, food of herrings, vi., 283 



Berried lobsters, vi., 330, 334, 336, 

 347, 370, 37i, 372 



Berrington, Mr., information furnished 

 by him as to salmon disease in the 

 Usk, vi., 6 



" Berry," ova of lobster, vi., 330, 371 



Bert, Paul, his experiments with regard 

 to the effect of an excess of oxygen 

 upon bacteria, vii., 220 



Berthon, Reverend Mr., canvas boat 

 invented by him, iv., 380 ; xiii. 317 ; 

 his proposal of a safe means of trans- 

 ferring fish from one boat to another, 

 iv., 396 



Bertolus, Dr., his investigations respect- 

 ing tapeworm, vi., 257 



Bertram, James G., his paper, "The 

 unappreciated fisher-folk, &c.," ii., 

 189-275 



Berwick-on-Tweed, harbour accommo- 

 dation there, iv., 381, 391 ; experi- 

 ment made there as to the effect of 

 sea water upon salmon disease, vi., 15 



Berwick : on-Tweed salmon, quantity 

 received in London within the last 

 five years vi., 8 



Berycida, food fishes afforded by this 

 family, v., 308 



Beton or concrete, extensively used in 

 France, ix., 91 ; its increasing use in 

 England, ix., 96 ; methods of build- 

 ing with concrete, ix., 96, 97 ; its 

 composition, ix., 97 ; iron concrete, 

 ix., 98 ; asphaltic masonry and con- 

 crete, ix., 98, 99 



Beukelsz, William, his discovery of a 

 method of preserving fish for long 

 periods, ix., 306 ; his name held in 

 great veneration by his countrymen, 

 ix., 306, 308 ; visit of the Emperor 

 Charles V., to his tomb, ix., 308 ; his 

 discovery of a method of curing 

 herrings, xi., 143 



Bevere fish pass, ii., 329 



Bib, i., 152 ; names given to this fish, 

 x., 198, 199; geographical distribu- 

 tion, via., 148 ; x., 196 ; habits, viii., 

 149; x., 196, 197; food, viii., 149; 

 x., 197; spawning, viii., 149; x., 197; 

 modes of capture, viii., 149; x., 197, 

 198; quality of flesh, viii., 149; x., 

 198 ; anatomical details of the family 

 and genus to which it belongs, viii., 

 150; x., 167, 168 ; size attained by 

 it, viii., 150; x., 197; commercial 

 value, x., 198; behaviour in confine- 

 ment, x., 198 ; general description, 

 x., 199 



Bible, fishes of the, iii., 5, 6, 32 (note) 



Bideford fisheries unimportant, viii., 



339 



Bigger fleuk, a name given in the 

 Moray Firth to the flounder, viii., 

 216 



Bil, billet, billard, billiard, local names 

 for the coal-fish, viii., 154 



Billingsgate fish-market, its tendency to 

 become a central fish exchange for the 

 kingdom, i., 52 ; inadequacy of the 

 accommodation for the business car- 

 ried on there, i., 56, 135, 141, 145 ; 

 its improvement suggested, i., 70; 

 quantity and value of salmon sold 

 there in 1882, ii., 287 ; conveyance 

 of fish direct from trawling fleets to 

 market by " carriers, "iv., 55; amount 

 of trawled fish landed there in 1881, 

 iv., 57 ; amount of land and seaborne 

 fish brought to market in 1883, iv., 72; 

 proportions of fish caught in British 

 waters which are taken by sea to this 

 market, iv., 120 ; railway rates for 

 carriage of fish not inclusive of cost 

 of delivery at market, iv., 122; pro- 

 portion of fish brought to market by 

 land and by water carriage, iv., 124 ; 

 rates of water-carriage of fish, iv., 

 125 ; necessity for the improvement of 

 the market, or its removal to a more 

 convenient site, iv., 126 ; amount of 

 fish received at this market not greater 

 than can be disposed of, iv., 133 ; 

 Billingsgate a cheap market, iv., 134; 

 daily supply of fish there, iv., 387 ; 



