ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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Exe, estuary of the, the ordinary 

 eastern limit of the pilchard, vi., 



131 



Exeter, Marquis of, his remarks on 

 necessity for international legislation 

 with respect to fisheries, iv., 109; 

 on the danger of over dredging for 

 oysters, iv., 109; fish exhibited by 

 him, whence derived, v., 77 ; his 

 remarks on the influence of sea-water 

 upon salmon disease, vi. , 26 ; presides 

 at conference on the culture of the sal- 

 monidge, vi., 35, 67 ; his remarks at 

 the conference on the mackerel and 

 pilchard fisheries, vi., 145 ; his ex- 

 periments in the cultivation of the 

 black bass, vi., 221 



Exhaustion of fish supply, very im- 

 probable as regards sea fisheries, i., 

 66; iv., 14-16; except in the case 

 of oysters, iv., 16-18; but not so 

 as regards freshwater fisheries, ii., 

 466; iv., 11-14; instances of this in 

 certain districts of India, ii., 468, 

 469 ; opinions on this point expressed 

 by Mr. Joncas in his paper on the 

 fisheries of Canada, v., 151-156; 

 opinions of Mr. Wilmot as to ne- 

 cessity for protection, v., 162-166 



Exhibitors, their number, xiii., 265 



Exoccztus (flying fish), attachment of 

 their eggs to contiguous objects by 

 filaments, ii., 478 



Explosive lances, for the whale fishery, 

 v., 10 



Explosive substances, prohibition of 

 their use for capture of fish in 

 English waters, i. , 225 ; evils result- 

 ing from use, vii., 252 



Export trade of the United Kingdom 

 in fish, i., 22, 27 ; iv., 54, 60, 72 ; vi., 

 74 ; value and tonnage of fish ex- 

 ported from England, iv., 118; from 

 Scotland, iv., 123 



Exportation from England of unseason- 

 able salmon prohibited, i., 228 



Eyemouth, extensive use of mussels 

 for bait, vi., 309 ; results of storm 

 of 1881, vii., 191 ; improved harbour 

 accommodation necessary, iv., 398, 

 ix.,9; proposed plan for providing 



funds by means of Government loan, 

 ix., 10 



Eyes of fish, their position, viii., 23, 

 24 ; size modified by habits and 

 habitat, viii., 24; atrophy, viii., 24; 

 deviations from ordinary type, viii., 

 24; outer coverings, viii., 25; "adi- 

 pose lids," viii., 25 ; sometimes ab- 

 sent, viii., 57 ; position in flat fishes, 

 viii., 180-184 ; modifications and 

 means of protection in flat fishes, 

 viii., 1 86 ; their position in various 

 species, x., 10, n ; changes of 

 position in flat fishes at different 

 stages of development , x., 11-14 



Eyles, Sir John, a promoter of the 

 South Sea Fisheries scheme, i., 

 506 



Fables relating to fish, iii., 53 

 Factory Acts, preparation of fish ex- 

 empted from their operation, ix. , 205 

 Fair maids, a name given in Devon- 

 shire to dried pilchards, viii., 286 

 Fairy-tales, fishes of, iii., 20; benign 



character of fish therein, iii., 55, 57, 



60-61 

 Falls Bank, falling off in supply of 



turbot, iv., 344 

 Falmouth, number of fishermen sailing 



from this port, i., 10 

 Fanning, Captain, his classification of 



seals, vii., 166 

 Farlow, Professor, discovery by him of 



the cause of reddening of salt cod-fish, 



v., 5 8 

 Faroe Islands, fishing grounds, iv. , 66 ; 



the cod fishery carried on there by 



the Danes, xiii., &i ; other fisheries, 



xiii., 81 

 Farringdon Fish Market, ix., 164; x., 



460 

 Fast-days,, their abolition by law, ix., 



175 ; revived under another form, 



ix., 176 

 Father-lasher, one of the varieties of 



marine bullheads, i., 97 

 Fatty matter, presence of in different 



foods, vii., 6, n, 13, 18 



