ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Holland, ii., 79 ; destruction of elvers 

 or young eels, ii., 79 ; included among 

 the Physostomi, ii., 125 ; anatomical 

 details, ii., 139-141 ; their migration to 

 the sea for the purpose of spawning, 

 ii., 141 ; electrical eel of Brazil, ii., 

 162; pet eels of Otaheite, iii., 15; 

 eels in mythology, iii., 20; eels in 

 religion, iii., 36, 37 ; keeping of eels as 

 pets among the Romans, iii., 45 ; 

 eels in fairy tales, iii., 56, 57 ; in 

 heraldry, iii., 67 ; in folk-lore, iii., 

 80, 91 ; excellence of the Rennet eel, 

 iii., 124 ; cultivation of eels at 

 Comacchio, iii., 257 ; iv., 7 ; not eaten 

 in the west of Scotland, iv. , 438 ; a food 

 fish in China, v., 179 ; and Japan, v., 

 200 ; description of the various species 

 most frequently obtained in New 

 South Wales, v., 332, 333; abundance 

 of fat in this fish, vii., 7, 22; not 

 injuriously affected by sea water, viii., 



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Efts, ii., 171 



Eggs of crustaceans, terms by which 

 known at various stages of develop- 

 ment, vi., 359 



Eggs of fish. See Ova. 



Eggs of lobsters, their consumption for 

 culinary purposes, vi., 339 



Eggs of salmonidae, time occupied in 

 hatching, vi., 37, 38 



Eggs or spawn of fish, their consump- 

 tion for culinary purposes, vi., 329, 



339 



Egypt, the cradle of piscatorial arts 

 and inventions, i., 471 ; cholera pro- 

 duced by consumption of fish from 

 impure waters, vii., 48 



Egyptian fish legends, &c., iii., 12, 14, 

 22, 36, 37, 44 



Egyptian frogs, intelligence evinced by 

 them in self-defence, i., 476 



Egyptian herring, a name given in 

 Scotland to the saury, viii., 242 



Egyptian sea-foxes, their intelligence, 

 i.,476 



Egyptian sea-tortoise, i., 476 



Egyptians, ancient, were familiar with 

 the art of drying and curing fish, i., 

 473 ; early fish culture by them, ii., 3 



Elasmobranchiata, i., 185-197 ; ii., 158 



Electric disturbances, their effect upon 

 fish, ii., 104; viii., 38 



Electric eel, has been kept in Aquaria, 

 i., 203. See also Eels. 



Electric light, its proposed use, in 

 Spanish waters, in fishing, v. , 360 ; 

 fish not attracted by it, viii., 38 ; its 

 adaptation to the lighting of the Ex- 

 hibition building and grounds, xiii., 

 260 



Electric lighting of the Exhibition, spe- 

 cial report thereon, xiii., 179-242 



Electric telegraph, its utilization for 

 conveying intelligence of storms, vii., 

 178. See Telegraphs. 



Eledone Moschatus, iii. , 332 



Elethyia, Egypt, painting shewing mode 

 of using fishing nets among the an- 

 cient Egyptians, i., 471 



Elleck or pine-leaved gurnard, viii., 

 73, 74- 



Elliot, Mr., monograph on the seal 

 fishery in Alaska, v., 39 



Elvers, or young eels, their capture 

 undesirable, ii., 79 



Embryology, its bearing on the study 

 of natural history, viii., 5 



Emigrant sailing and steam ships, 

 boats carried by them insufficient, 

 vii., 20 1 



Employers' Liability Act, 1880, its 

 applicability to crews of fishing ves- 

 sels, viii. 449 



Empusa Mwca, a mould which attacks 

 flies, vi., 10, 12 



Engines, fixed, their employment dealt 

 within recent statutes, i., 213 ; how de- 

 fined therein, i., 221 ; their use now 

 much restricted, i., 222; ii., 308; may 

 be removed if used illegally, i., 222, 

 233 ; inadequacy of Scotch law with 

 regard to them, i., 236; evils which 

 result from their use in salmon 

 rivers, ii. , 306 ; opposition to their 

 use in the Tyne, ii., 307; their use 

 prohibited by Magna Charta and by 

 subsequent legislation, ii., 308-310 



England and Wales, &c., value of 

 fisheries, number of vessels and men 

 employed, &c., viii., 377 



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