ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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in classic times, i. , 480 ; commission 

 of inquiry into their condition, 

 L, 537 ; Indian, condition of, ii., 

 453, 460 ; Indian castes of, ii., 

 458, 467 ; Indian, customs of, ii., 

 458 ; instance of a wholesale con- 

 version of Indian fishermen to Chris- 

 tianity, ii., 459 ; Indian, present or- 

 ganisation of, ii., 459 ; royal fisher- 

 men, iii., 6 ; the earliest fishermen, 

 iii., 6; dignities attained by fisher- 

 men, iii., 10 ; their superstitions, iii., 

 1 1 ; patron saints of fishes and fisher- 

 men, iii., 32, 47 ; fortunes of fisher- 

 men in fairy tales, iii., 57 5 number 

 of men and boys engaged in United 

 Kingdom, iv., 29, 45 , 59, 155, 156, 

 171 ; their habits, iv., 33 ; effects of 

 " coopering" upon fishermen, iv., 

 40 ; earnings of fishermen un- 

 certain, iv., 47; mode of payment 

 in trawlers, iv., 58 ; their improvi- 

 dence, iv., 48 ; relations between 

 boat-owners and curers, iv., 163 ; net 

 earnings not large, iv., 169; their 

 social condition, iv., 172; advice to 

 them as to the best means of im- 

 proving their condition, iv., 175 ; 

 return of the number of accidental 

 deaths among them in 1880-2, iv., 

 1 80 ; their economic condition, iv., 

 188-194 > v -> 1 77 > xiii-j 169-178, 302- 

 306 ; " semi-professional " fishermen 

 in the United States, v., 20 ; persons 

 employed in connection with fisheries 

 in the United States, v., 20 ; how 

 paid in Canada, v., 148 ; Chinese, civil 

 and religious organisation of, v., 177 ; 

 Chinese, earnings, guilds, &c., v., 

 177 ; garments worn by fishermen, v., 

 177 ; gods as fishes and fishermen (See 

 Divinities) ; guildhalls and temples of 

 fishermen, v., 177 ; fishermen in the 

 Bahamas, v., 368; importance of 

 encouraging fishermen to preserve 

 zoological specimens, v., 392; man- 

 ners and customs of fishermen in 

 West Africa, v., 438 ; negroes and 

 Kroo-boys as fishermen, v., 440 ; 

 number employed in Scotch herring 

 fisheries, vi., 75 : number employed 



in mackerel fisheries, vi., 121 ; live 

 mainly on fish in Cornwall and 

 Devonshire, vii., 12 ; difficulties in 

 conveying news of storms to them, 

 vii., 189; Scotch, value of storm 

 warnings to, vii., 191 ; English, con- 

 dition of, vii., 297, 301 ; number em- 

 ployed in trawling in Great Britain, 

 vii., 308 ; their exemption from 

 impressment, ix., 175,241, 242, 249, 

 250 ; frequency of their complaints 

 against each other, ix., 202 ; 

 necessity of imparting to them 

 scientific knowledge, ix., 211 ; ex- 

 emption of fishermen from dues 

 for use of natural harbours and waste 

 land, ix., 242, 243, 249 ; their 

 right to exercise restricted trades, 

 ix., 243 ; penalties for breach of 

 contract, ix., 250; their rating, ix., 

 254 ; expediency of Government loans 

 to fishermen discussed, ix. , 283 ; state 

 ot law with regard to absconding from 

 employment, ix., 284; facilities 

 offered to fishermen by railway com- 

 panies for travelling at reduced fares, 

 ix. , 289 ; the countries and the races 

 which produce the best fishermen, 

 xiii., 112, 114 ; parts of the British 

 Islands which furnish deep-sea 

 fishermen, xiii., 113; reluctance of 

 fishermen to forsake their calling for 

 the navy, xiii., 113; loss of life 

 among them, xiii., 120-124 



Fishermen's Congress, iv., 307-403 



Fisherrow fishwives, ii., 197 



Fishery Acts, necessity for their con- 

 solidation, i., 214 ; Acts as to 

 free passage of fish, i., 215 ; as to 

 modes of fishing, i., 221 ; Interna- 

 national Conventions, i., 242 ; as to 

 oysters and shell-fish, i., 245 



Fishery districts, creation of, i., 230 



Fishery Exhibitions, periodical, sugges- 

 tions as to, iv., 220 



Fishery harbour and pier accommoda- 

 tion, necessity for in Ireland, vii., 133 



Fishery Harbour Board, formation of 

 such a board advocated, ix., 37 ; its 

 constitution and mode of working, 

 ix., 38 



