ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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Bret, brett, breat, brat, birt, names given 

 to the turbot, viii., 193 ; "brett" also 

 to the brill, viii., 199 



Bridgewater Canal, ii., 319 



Bridgman, H. H., and Cayley, J. J., 

 Prize Essay on "A Central Wholesale 

 Fish Market for London," x., 471-524 



Bridlington, its inaccessibility at low 

 water, be., 5 



Bridport net factories, i., 282 



' Brief Note of the Benefits that growe 

 to this Realme by the Observation of 

 Fish-daies," i., 407 



Briganti, Signer, on ligules, vi., 252 



Briggs v. Swanwick, action at law, de- 

 cision as to use of permanent eel traps 

 in salmon rivers, i., 228 



Brill, classed among " bottom fish," i., 

 12 ; have the left side coloured, i., 

 157; caught by the trawl, i., 254; 

 number of eggs produced by this fish, 

 ii., 15 ; have been kept in water par- 

 tially fresh, ii., 92 ; belong to the group 

 of Plcuronectidiz, ii., 144 ; live a long 

 time out of water, ii., 235 ; are ground 

 feeders, vi., 280 ; food consumed 

 by them, vi., 288 ; proportion of fat 

 in this fish, vii., 7 ; value as food 

 fish, vii., 20; caught in the North 

 Sea, vii., 316 ; viii., 200 ; local 

 names viii., 199 ; x., 252 ; anatomi- 

 cal details, viii., 199 ; x., 230, 238 ; 

 varieties, viii., 200 ; habits, viii., 

 200; x., 250; means of capture, 

 viii., 200; x., 251; breeding, viii., 

 200; x., 251; habitat, viii., 201; 

 size attained by this fish, viii., 201 ; 

 x., 251 ; geographical distribution, 

 x., 250; food, x., 251 ; quality of 

 flesh, x., 251 ; commercial vaJue, 

 x., 252; general description, x., 253 



Bristol, complaints as to introduction of 

 mackerel infested with parasites, vi., 

 30 ; fisheries unimportant, viii., 339 



Bristol Golden Carp Angling Associa- 

 tion, iii., 146 



" Brithel " (old Cornish name for mack- 

 erel), vi., 118 



British Colonies, importance to them of 

 the question of forest protection, vii , 

 266 



British Columbia, importance of the 

 salmon fisheries there, ii. , 288, 289 ; 

 herring spawning on branches of 

 trees, which project into the rivers, 

 iv., 327 ; existence of the salmon 

 disease there, vi., 27 ; celebrated for 

 its inland fisheries, vi, 119; extent 

 of the trade in tinned salmon, vi , 



147 



British fisheries, i., 507 ; their estimated 

 annual value, ii., 268 ; iv., 154 ; their 

 precarious condition, iv., 424 ; short 

 description of these fisheries, xiii., 

 103-107. See also Sea Fisheries. 



British fishermen in the United States, 

 v., 21 



British fishermen, extent to which they 

 are subject to conventions with foreign 

 powers, i., 208 



British fishes, specimens collected by 

 Dr. Francis Day, iv., 420 



British fishing boats. See Fishing 

 Vessels. 



British folk-lore (modern), iii., 83-92 



British Isles, fish trade of, iv., 118; 

 consumption of fish, iv., 120 ; in- 

 ternal traffic in fish, iv., 118, 119, 



121 



British salmon, excellent quality and 

 former abundance of, ii., 281 ; pre- 

 sent value of the fishery, ii., 285, 

 287. See also Salmon and Salmon. 

 Fisheries. 



British sea fisheries, experienced natu- 

 ralists required to deal with the pro- 

 blems which they present, iv., 411 



British settlements on the Gambia, pop- 

 ulation of, v., 433 



British Society, object of its formation, 

 ix., 243 



British White Herring Fishery Commis- 

 sion, i., 242 ; ix., 243 



Britt, fry of the herring and the sprat, 

 vi., 281 ; viii., 298 



Brixham, a trawling station, L, 273, 

 511 ; iv., 42 ; a port visited by the 

 Committee of Inquiry on Sea Fishing, 

 iv., 38 ; a birthplace of the trawling 

 system, iv., 56 ; vii., 305 ; many of 

 the fish caught with the trawl in the 

 English Channel landed there, iv., 



