AXALYTICAL INDEX. 



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213, 222 ; eaten by cod-fish, vi., 



285 ; not so numerous in the North 

 Sea as formerly, vii., 316 ; lesser 

 spotted dog-fish, viii., 314, 315 ; 

 used as bait for shell-fish, viii., 315 ; 

 picked dog-fish, viii., 316, 317 



Dog seal, a dangerous enemy to unwary 

 hunters, vii., 166 



Dog whelks, or boring whelks, injury 

 caused by them to oyster beds, iv., 

 212; vi., 306; xi., 296; xiii., Ill ; 

 and to mussels, xi., 427, 459 ; the 

 source whence the celebrated Tyrian 

 dye was produced, xiiL, ill. 



Dogger-bank, resorted to by cod fishers, 

 i., 304; and by trawlers, iv., 55; 

 bait used there, vi., 321 ; is to a 

 great extent unworked, xi., 254 ; 

 cause of the superiority of the cod 

 caught there, vii., 21 ; 310, 313, 

 3 I 5> 3 J 7> 3 22 5 an important fishing 

 ground, ix., 256 ; xiii., 109 



Dogs, their use in Labrador for bring- 

 ing boats to land, iv., 73 



Dole-fish, a name applied to cod-fish, 

 as forming the pay or "dole " of the 

 North Sea fishermen, viii., 128 



Dolphin, formerly esteemed as food, 

 i., 415 ; their anatomy, ii., 181 ; 

 their occurrence in legend and in 

 mythology, iii., 10, 19, 20, 22; in 

 astronomy, iii., 49 ; in heraldry, iii., 

 66, 69, 71, 74; in folklore, iii., 89 



" Dominium Marts," a short survey of 

 the disputes between the Dutch and 

 England relative to the right of fishing 

 in the open sea, ix., 460-475 ; simi- 

 lar disputes between ihe Dutch and 

 Denmark, ix., 475-482 



Don, river, epidemic of salmon disease 

 there, vi., 28 



Donax pentaculus, its use as food on the 

 coast of France and most parts of 

 America, vi., 319 



Doon river (India), its diversion for the 

 purpose of taking fish, ii., 487 



Dorsal fin, its position and uses, viii., 8. 



Dorey or Dory, an Australian fish, 

 considered by some to be identical 

 with the European fish of the same 

 name, v., 322 



Dory, or Doree, classical allusions and 

 names, i., 117, 413 ; viii., 103 ; x., 

 148-150; quality of flesh, i., 426, 

 x., 148; vii., 7, 20; its legendary 

 distinction, iii., 10 ; general descrip- 

 tion, viii., 105 ; x., 151 ; geographical 

 distribution, viii., 103, 1 08 ; x., 146 ; 

 habits, viii., 105 ; x., 147 ; rapid 

 motion of fins, viii., 106 ; fins capable 

 of inflicting dangerous wounds, viii., 

 1 06 ; modes of capture, viii., 1 06 ; 

 x., 148 ; food, viii., 107 ; x., 147 ; 

 spawning, viii., 107 ; x., 148 ; size 

 attained by it, viii., 108 ; x., 148 ; 

 anatomical details of the genus to 

 which it belongs, x., 146 ; commercial 

 value, x., 148 



" Dotted mackerel," a variety of the 

 common mackerel, vi., 125 



Doull, John, account by him of the cul- 

 tivation of mussels at Eyemouth, vi, 

 310 



Dove river, iii., 144. 



Dover, an important trawling station, 

 i., 511 ; fisheries carried on there, 

 viii., 338 ; ix., 256 ; vessels employed, 

 viii., 338 



Dover, United States, fishing port, v., 5 



Dracunculus^ vi., 262 



Draft-net, regulation for the use of it, 

 i., 223 



Drag-net, ii., 457 ; v., 358, 359 



Dragonet, or yellow skulpin, the cha- 

 racteristics of the family to which it 

 belongs, i., 126 



Dray ton, a quotation from his " Polyol- 

 bion," i., 405 



Dredges, oyster, their construction de- 

 scribed, i., 322; rule in Holland 

 against their operation within a cer- 

 tain distance of shore, v., 92 



Dredges, for deepening channels, re- 

 moving harbour bars, &c., xiii., 316 



Drew, Mr., Statistical Secretary of the 

 Inspectorate-General, assists in the 

 preparation of the Chinese Exhibit, 

 v., 172 



Diied fish, trade between Spain and 

 the Shetland Isles, i., 22; utilised 

 for food in India, ii., 444-446, 450- 

 452; statistics of production in 



