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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Japan, v., 192, 193 ; dried cuttle-fish, 

 v., 193, 198 ; dried sardines, v., 193 ; 

 dried sea-ear, v., 193, 198 ; dried 

 shrimps, v., 193 ; amount of dried fish 

 exported from Norway to Italy and 

 Austria, v., 293 



Driftboats, alteration in their rig, i., 15 ; 

 conflicting regulations in respect of 

 their carrying lights, i. , 20 ; their size, 

 iv., 59 ; number employed, iv., 63 



Drift-net, i., 254; iv., 59 ; origin of the 

 term, i., 278; its antiquity, i., 512 ; 

 is used off the coast of Malabar, ii., 

 454; how used, iv., 59 ; its use in 

 herring, mackerel, and pilchard fish- 

 eries, iv., 6l, 63 ; vi., 126, 129, 135 ; 

 viii., 346-348; viii., 44; ix., 231; 

 x., 339-844 ; advantages attending its 

 use, iv., 352 ; used on Atlantic coast 

 of Spain, v., 356 ; size of mesh, viii., 

 45 ; of what material constructed, viii., 

 45 ; fish usually caught by means of 

 this net, x., 420 ; a large mesh recom- 

 mended, x. , 420 j restrictions of its use 

 not needed, x. , 424 ; good takes with 

 these nets in England and Scotland 

 during the last few years, xi., 116; 

 use of inverted net, xi., 116, 117 ; 

 possibility of its being superseded by 

 the purse seine, xiii., 115, 117, 119; 

 materials used in the construction of 

 these nets, xiii., 124 ; Messrs. Corrin's 

 model net for lessening chances of 

 damage from fouling, xiii., 125 ; im- 

 portance of the drift net fishery, xiii., 

 294 



Drift-net fishery of Cornwall, ii., 

 228 ; iii., 163 ; Yarmouth fishery 

 for herring, iv., 61 ; the mackerel 

 fishery, iv., 63 ; vi., 126, 129 ; 

 dispute between " drifters " and 

 " seiners," iv., 101 ; ix., 198 ; between 

 "drifters" and "trawlers," iv., 103 ; 

 ix., 199 ; the pilchard fishery, vi., 

 135 ; laws by which the fishery 

 is regulated, viii., 402 ; provisions 

 of the International Convention of the 

 Hague, viii., 410 ; protected by 

 Fisheries Act of 1868, ix., 236, 246 ; 

 sketch of legislation for protection of 

 drift-net fishing, ix., 279, 280 



Drift-nets (Scotch), a large number em- 

 ployed in the Swedish fisheries, v., 

 258 



Drift-net fishing versus trawling, iv., 

 100-105 



Drum, the. See Signals. 



Drum-head fish, iii., 36 



Drummond, Lieut., memorandum by 

 him as to sea monster seen from 

 H.M.S. "Daedalus," iii., 407. 



Dry-fly fishing, ii., 413 



Dublin Loan Society, vii., ioo 



Duchamp, Dr., his work on Ligules, 

 vi., 252, 253, 255, 259 



Ducie, Earl, remarks by him at con- 

 ference on " the herring fisheries of 

 Scotland," vi., 105 ; presides at con- 

 ference on trawling, vii., 326 ; re- 

 marks on that occasion, vii., 330 



Ducks, ii., 176 



Duddon River, infected with salmon 

 disease, though free from pollution, 

 vi., 6 



Duff, Mr., M.P., his paper on "the 

 Herring Fisheries of Scotland," vi., 

 71-89 ; his contribution to the dis- 

 cussion thereon, vi., 106 



Dugong, or halicore, iii., 228 ; sup- 

 posed reference to it by ./Elian, iii., 

 232 ; rapidly becoming extinct, iii., 

 234 ; general description, its com- 

 mercial uses and value, v., 350, 351; 

 use of dugong bacon in Queensland, 

 ii., 187 ; its capture in New South 

 Wales, xiii., 26 ; in Ceylon, xiii., 27 



Dumas, M. (the chemist), on the means 

 of ascertaining the purity of water, 

 vii., 58 



Dunbar, increased depth of water re- 

 quired in harbour, ix., 10 ; proposed 

 provision of necessary funds by means 

 of Government loan, ix., 10; the 

 Victoria Harbour there, ix., 51 



Duncansby, Bore of, how caused, ix., 64 



Dunn, Mr., of Mevagissey, improve- 

 ment by him in the seine-net, iv., 

 203 ; has made investigations as to 

 the food of fishes, vi., 268, 281, 282 



Dusky perch, or giant perch, i., 87 



Dutch Arctic Company, chartered in 

 1612, in consequence of a collision 



