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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Fats, and oils, experiment showing they 



are hydro-carbons, i., 345 

 Fear, manifestations of, in fish, viii., 32 

 February, fishing in the month of, ii., 



388 



Fedschenko, discoveries as to fresh- 

 water Crustacea, vi., 262 

 Ferguson, Major T. B., machinery 



devised by him for propagation of 



fish by steam, v., 72 

 Ferguson hatching jar, ii., 38 ; plunging 



bucket, ii., 81 ; transportation can, 



ii., 83 

 Ferrusac, account by, of Ligula edtilis, 



vi., 252 

 Ferry, Captain De, description of sea 



serpent, iii., 387 



" Ferrying," dangers of, ii., 235 ; iv., 

 35, 41, 46, 378 ; viii., 371, 372 ; offer 



of a prize for the boat best adapted for 



transferring fish to the "carriers," 



xiii., 123 



Fertilisation of ova, viii., 32, 34 

 Fetich-fish. See Totenrism. 

 Feudal rights in fish, iii., 33, 46, 66 

 Fick and Wislecanus, their experiments 



as to the source of muscular power, 



i., 350, 440 

 " Fiddler Fishes," sounds produced by, 



ii., 138 



Fiedler, H. V., condensed report by 

 him on the fishing industries of Den- 

 mark, xiii., 427-430 



' Field,' extract from, as to polluted 

 state of river Wye, vii., 40, 41 



Field naturalist, subjects considered by 

 him, viii., 5 



Fife, Mr., superiority of the fishing 

 boats built by him, xi., no 



Filaricz, instance of their presence in a 

 mouse, vi., 251 ; are in some places 

 mistaken for young eels, vi., 261 



File-fish, i., 1 80 



Filey Bay, its suitability as a site for a 

 harbour of refuge, ix., 5; break- 

 waters should be constructed at na- 

 tional expense, ix. , 6 ; and fishery har- 

 bour by local efforts, aided by Govern- 

 ment loan, ix., 6 ; necessity for adopt- 

 ing a comprehensive design for the 

 work, ix., 7 



Filey, want of harbour accommodation 

 there, iv., 398 ; its participation in 

 the herring fishery, xi., 132 



Filtered water, useless for hatching pur- 

 poses, vi., 37 



Filtration of water for hatching pur- 

 poses, ii., 33 



Finback whale, taken in America 

 chiefly on Atlantic coast, v., 35 



Findhorn fishery district, constitution of 

 the Fishery Board, vi., 196 



Finland, its importation of Norwegian 

 fish, v., 292 



Finmark, imaginary monster on coast 

 of, iii., 326 ; details and statistics of 

 cod fishery, v., 281 



Finnan haddocks (smoked haddocks), 

 viii., 141 



Fins, easily affected by salmon disease, 

 vi., 3; their arrangement and uses, 

 viii., 8; x., 7; their composition in 

 " bony " fishes, viii., 8 ; peculiar mo- 

 difications, viii., 9 ; sometimes used as 

 organs of touch, viii., 28; in some 

 fish inflict poisonous wounds, viii., 

 32 ; names given to fins in different 

 parts of the body, x., 6 



Fish, use of, as diet in foreign countries 

 at present time, i., 382 ; periods at 

 which different species are in season, 

 if 398, 401 ; diminishing in inland 

 waters, i., 519, 520 ; foreign trade in 

 fish, i., 525 ; how utilized as food 

 in India, ii., 444; frequently sold, 

 in India, when putrid, ii., 450; 

 modes of capture in India, ii., 454; 

 fluctuations in price in India, ii., 

 469; habits of fish, ii., 470; inves- 

 tigation of the modes of reproduction 

 of Indian fish, ii., 473 ; consumption 

 of, in India, ii., 497 ; religious 

 scruples concerning its consumption, 

 ii., 497-500; as guardians of lost 

 treasures, originally an Aryan myth, 

 iii., 58 ; various legends and folk-tales 

 relating to fish, iii., 59-61 ; use in 

 heraldry, iii. , 66 ; an emblem of 

 Christianity, iii., 198; quantity cap- 

 tured for each life lost in a year, iv., 

 47 ; quantity caught, value of, &c., 

 iv., 57, 63, 66, 71 ; question of de- 



