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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



57 ; size of mesh of nets used by 

 fishermen of this port, iv., 314, 325 ; 

 first use of the trawl there, iv., 314 j 

 need of increased harbour accommo- 

 dation, iv., 382, 383 ; its importance 

 as a fishing station, ix., 34 ; necessity 

 for a harbour of refuge, ix., 34 ; im- 

 provements in progress, ix., 35 ; 

 character of the fishery carried on 

 there, ix., 256 



Broach (Bombay Presidency), diminu- 

 tion in the number of fishermen at 

 this place, ii., 461 j origin of the fresh 

 water fishermen, ii., 467 



Broad Clough Mills, their contribution 

 to the pollution of the Irwell, iv., 257 



Broiling, a common mode of cooking 

 fish, vii., 25 



Brook trout, extravagant prices paid for 

 them in the United States, v., 9; artifi- 

 cial hatching of the eggs of this fish 

 in the United States, v., 14, 68 



Brown algae (fuci;, found where sea bot- 

 tom is rocky, vi., 276 



Browning, Mr. F. G., his remarks on 

 oyster culture, v., 103 



Browny, a name given in Cornwall to 

 Mullet's and Bloch's topknot, viii. , 201 



Bruce, Mr., M.P., remarks by him on 

 the herring fishery of the Firth of 

 Forth, vi., 108 



Bryam's fish-hatching box, ii., 86 



Buckie, its harbour accommodation, ix., 

 16 



Buckinghamshire trout, their progeny 

 reared in Tasmanian waters have at- 

 tained a much larger size than their 

 parents, vi., 274 



Buckland Angling Society, iii., 177 



Buckland, Mr. Frank, his evidence be- 

 - fore Select Committee affords key to 

 policy of Fishery Act of 1878, i., 229 ; 

 introduction of salmon fry into the 

 Thames, ii., 349 ; his Japanese mer- 

 maid, iii., 215 ; account of sea-ser- 

 pent seen in Loch Hcurn, iii., 419 ; 

 suggested explanation of the sea-ser- 

 pent alleged to have been seen from 

 II. M. yacht " Osborne," iii., 426; 

 instances given by him of the de- 

 struction of other fish by the cod, 



iv., 92 ; affirms, as Fishery Inspec- 

 tor, principles of Fishery legislation 

 of 1868, iv., 97; his testimony as 

 to the power of the female salmon to 

 withhold her eggs, vi., 156 ; his in- 

 quiry as to the operation of District 

 Fishery Boards in Scotland, vi., 164, 

 191 ; references in his Reports to ac- 

 tion of River Conservators in Eng- 

 land and Ireland, vi., 199 ; his tes- 

 timony as to the paucity of our know- 

 ledge respecting the food of fish, vi., 

 268 ; on the destruction of lobster 

 spawn, vi., 339 ; his inquiries into the 

 crab and lobster fishery on the Norfolk 

 coast, iv., 108, vi., 347 ; his opinion 

 that the pollution of rivers is one 

 cause of fish epidemics, vii., 38 ; 

 failure of his attempt to ascertain the 

 time required for the herring to arrive 

 at maturity, xi., 119 



Buckland, Mr. (of the Calcutta Re- 

 venue Board), his opinion as to the 

 benefits likely to arise 'from the pro- 

 tection of freshwater fish in India, ii., 

 497 



Buck-mackerel, name given in Scotland 

 (Banff) to the scad, viii., 99 



Bucksport hatching trough, ii., 38 



Bucksport, U.S. America, fish hatching 

 there, v., 69 



Buckthorn, name given to haddock 

 (generally when drie 1), viii., 141 



Buddha shells, v., 177 



Buddhist fish legends, iii., 7, 8, 39 



Buddhists, their objection to the taking 

 of the lives of the lower animals, ii., 

 498 



Buffon, his opinion as to the migratory 

 habits of the herring, xi., 106 



Bugles, Mr. (Berwick-on-Tweed), on 

 the necessity for a harbour there, iv., 



381 

 Building of fishing vessels. See Fishing 



Vessels. 



" Bukies," vi., 49 



Bulking system of disposing of fish 

 caught, vii., 323 



Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles, ab- 

 stract therein of paper by Signor Bri- 

 ganti on ligules, vi., 252 



