FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Brancaster, one of the places from 

 which the supply of whelks is derived, 

 vi., 33 



Branchiae, x., 8 



Branchiostegals, x., 7 



Brandely, Bouchon, his experiments in 

 the cultivation of the Portuguese 

 oyster, v., 96 



Branding of herring barrels, i., 29, 239, 

 241 ; iv., 60; vi., 84; xi., 109, 164, 

 178-180, 207-211 



Bransford Weir, economical salmon 

 pass constructed there, ii., 334 



Brassie, a name given in Scotland to 

 the bib, viii., 148 



Brathay River, existence of salmon 

 disease there, vi., 258 



Brazier, a name given in the north of 

 Ireland to the common sea-bream, 

 viii., 66 



" Brazilian," the, sea serpent seen from, 

 found to be seaweed, iii., 418 



Bread, analysis of, vii., 8 ; termed " the 

 staff of life," vii., II 



Breaker point Lighthouse (China), 

 model of, v., 175 



Breakwaters, difficulties attending their 

 construction, x., 527 ; success of 

 Plymouth breakwater, x., 527 ; 

 seaward breakwaters : suggestion as 

 to use of horse-mussels and fuci for 

 fixing breakwaters formed of loose 

 stones, x., 529; proposed simplifica- 

 tion of construction of breakwaters 

 formed of concrete blocks, x., 530; 

 floating breakwaters, x., 531-537 ; 

 use of oil for breaking the force of 

 waves, x., 537 ; mooring anchors for 

 floating breakwaters, x., 538 ; moles, 

 x., 538 ; shoreward breakwaters : 

 breastworks secured from undermin- 

 ing, x., 539; breastworks to stand the 

 shock of breakers, x., 540; breastworks 

 to prevent the removal of the coping, 

 x., 541 ; eventual breakwaters to 

 be filled up and completed by the 

 sea itself, x., 541 ; use of mussels for 

 binding together the materials com- 

 posing such breakwaters, x., 542 ; 

 and for preventing destruction of 

 wooden piles by the teredo, x., 542 ; 



breastworks to be gradually extended 

 and completed by man, x., 543 



Bream (freshwater), members of the 

 carp tribe, i., 168 ; when in season, 

 i-> 399 > value as food, i., 424 ; 

 ii., 78 ; mode of hatching them, 

 ii., 71 ; habitat, ii., 78; are inju- 

 riously affected by sea water, ii., 

 105 ; anatomical details, ii., 136, 

 148 ; found occasionally in Ireland, 

 u - > 379 abundant in the Norfolk 

 broads, ii., 405 ; their mention in 

 Hindoo mythology, iii., 20; use 

 in heraldry, iii., 66 ; time of spawn- 

 ing, vi., 220 



Bream fishing : description of the 

 bream, iii., 512; localities where 

 found, iii., 513 ; Thames fishing, iii., 



514 ; " tight corking" and hooks, iii., 



515 ; ground baiting, iii., 516 ; leger- 

 ing, iii., 517 ; baits for bream, iii., 

 516, 517 ; recipe for cooking bream, 

 iii., 518 



Bream flat. See White bream. 



Bream (sea), anatomical details, i., 91 ; 

 description of different species, i., 

 91, 94 ; spawning, i., 93 ; size and 

 weight attained by this fish, i., 94 



Breams, king of the, local name for the 

 Erythrinus sea-bream, viii., 69 



Breeding and migration of fish, their 

 capture at such times restricted, i., 

 226 



Breeding fish, selection of, vi., 48 



Breeding hurdle, the, vi., 215 



Breeding of fishes, ii., 15 ; desirability 

 of increased knowledge on this sub- 

 ject, iv., 107 ; viii., 34 ; cessation of 

 feeding at breeding time among many 

 kinds of fish, vi., 275 



Breeding of salmon, ii., 291, 346-357 



Brefeld, investigation by him respecting 

 the life history of certain fungi, vi., 

 17 



Bremner, Mr., C. E., his recommenda- 

 tion as the direction to be taken by 

 breakwaters in exposed positions, ix., 

 19, 57; his "pontoons," ix., 99 



Brereton, Mr., his testimony as to the 

 value of the fisheries about Cape Cod, 

 v., 4 



