ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Bullheads, i.,96; mode of spawning, ii., 

 1 8 ; their destruction of the fry of 

 trout, ii., 56 ; time of spawning, vi., 

 219 ; description of the fish of this 

 family, viii., 70-79 



" Bull's eye," the, a good table fish of 

 the Australian seas, v., 311 



Bull seals, vii., 166 



Bull trout (Salmo eriox), its flesh infe- 

 rior to that of other English Salmon- 

 ides, ii., 352 ; prevails in the struggle 

 for existence with the salmon, ii., 

 352 ; risk of capturing immature sal- 

 mon when netting bull-trout, ii., 352 ; 

 affords less sport to the angler than 

 the sea trout, ii., 421 ; its extermina- 

 tion on the Tweed, vi., 43 ; various 

 names by which this fish is known, 

 vi., 150; names by which known at dif- 

 ferent stages of growth, vi., 151 ; has 

 dispossessed the salmon from the 

 "Whitadder, vi., 154; instances of re- 

 tention of spawn when unable to find 

 suitable spawning grounds, vi., 156 ; 

 its capture in the sea off Yarmouth, 

 vi., 184 



Bulter, or long-line, i., 303 



Bumboats (floating grog-shops), ix, 196 



Bumboats, flat-bottomed boats used by 

 the Dutch in the coast fishery, ix., 

 441 



Bund, J. Willis, on law of salmon 

 fisheries, i., 226 ; his edition of 

 " Oke's Handy Book of the Fishery 

 Laws," i., 231 ; as to necessity of 

 selecting the kind of fish to be turned 

 into inland waters, vi., 59 



Buoys and buoy lines, use of, in line 

 fishing, vii., 282 



Burbolt, or eel-pout, i., 152 



Burbot, or eel-pout, ii., 72, 142 



Burchell, Mr. W., history compiled by 

 him of measures, &c., relating to pol- 

 lution of rivers, iv., 249. 282 



Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, loans by, for 

 promotion of Irish fisheries, iv., 133, 

 142, 147 ; aid given by her towards 

 improvement of Baltimore Harbour, 

 vii., 91, 92, 150; her attempt to 

 establish a fish-market at Bethnal 

 Green, x., 79, 459 



Burdett-Coutts, Mr., remarks by him at 

 the Conferences on Fish Transport 

 and Fish Markets, iv., 140 



Burmah, abundance of fish in the Bur- 

 j mese seas, ii., 443 ; modes of utilis- 

 ing fish as food, ii., 444 ; fish princi- 

 pally cured by salting, ii., 450 ; pros- 

 perity of the fisheries, ii., 452 ; ex- 

 tensive capture of Crustacea, ii., 458 ; 

 economic condition of Burmese fisher- 

 men, ii., 463 ; freshwater fishes of 

 Burmah, ii., 472 ; time of spawning 

 of the anadromous shad, ii., 476 ; 

 mode of conducting fisheries under 

 native and British rule, ii., 480 ; de- 

 struction of fry, ii., 482 ; minimum 

 size of mesh of nets in general use, 

 ii., 483; fixed engines and other 

 modes of capturing fish, ii., 485- 

 490 ; curious fishing boat from Chit- 

 tagong, ii., 492 ; use of fish universal 

 in this country, ii., 498 ; protectiou 

 of fry, v., 1 86 



Burnmouth, extensive use of mussels as 

 bait, vi., 309 



Burroughes, Sir John, his work on the 

 British Sovereignty of the Seas, L, 



505 



" Busses " (Yarmouth herring drift-net 



boats), iv., 77 

 But, a name given to the halibut, viii., 



187 

 Butt, a name given at Yarmouth to the 



flounder, viii., 216 

 Butter-fish, i., 138 

 Buttes, Henry (1599), on the value of 



certain fish as food, i., 403 

 " Buyers," persons trafficking at Scotch 



ports in fresh herring, ii., 203 

 Buys, J. F., condensed report by him 



on the fishing industries of the 



Netherlands, xiii., 483-487. 

 Byelaws for regulation of fisheries, may 



be made by local conservators, i., 



233, 241 

 Byers, Mr., evidence given by him as to 



existence of salmon disease in British 



Columbia, vi., 7 

 Bylandt, Count, his contribution to the 



discussion on oyster culture in the 



Netherlands, v., 108 



