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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Flood, Biblical, question of fish escap- 

 ing the general ruin, iii., 15 ; mention 

 of, by Proctor, iii. , 48 ; story of the 

 stickleback in connection therewith, 

 iii., 84 ; the Vedic flood, iii., 10, 21, 



38,39 



Floods, prevention of, by forests, vii., 

 266 



Florida, statistics relating to fisheries, 

 v., 31, 41, 51 ; sponge culture and 

 sponge fishery, iv., 422 



Flosco, a native of Sweden, voyage of 

 to Iceland, i., 528 



Flounder, peculiar development of the 

 spine, i., 158; its price in the year 

 1535, i. 398; number of eggs from, 

 ii., 15 ; naturalized in fish ponds by 

 Frieslanders, ii., 93 ; viii., 221 ; pecu- 

 liarities of the young fry, ii. , 146 ; fairy 

 tales relating to it, iii., 57 ; falling off 

 of fisheries in Morecambe Bay, iv. , 95 ; 

 fishery of United States, v., 27 ; ab- 

 sence of an air-bladder, vi., 288 ; 

 quality of flesh, vii., 20; viii., 221 ; x., 

 280 ; anatomical details of the family 

 (x., 230) and genus to which it belongs, 

 viii., 216; x., 260; names given to 

 this fish, viii., 216 ; x., 280 ; varieties 

 in colour, viii., 217 ; habits, viii., 

 218; x., 279; commercial value, 

 viii., 219; x., 280; spawning, viii., 

 220; x., 279; baits, viii., 220; 

 geographical distribution, viii., 221 ; 

 x., 278; diseases, viii., 221 ; modes 

 of capture, viii., 221 ; x., 279; size 

 attained by it, viii., 222; x., 279; 

 food, x., 279; general description, 

 x., 281 ; observations of Prof. Agas- 

 siz, with respect to its young state, 

 xi., 231 



Flounder lantern, a name given in 

 Cornwall to the flounder, viii., 216 



Fluke, another name for the flounder, 

 x., 278 



Fluke, little black hairy, a name given 

 at Edinburgh to M tiller's and Bloch's 

 topknot, viii., 201 



Flukes, parasites causing rot in sheep 

 and other animals, vi., 249 



Fluviatile fish, definition of, viii., 56 ; 

 xiii., 329 



j Flying-fish, description, i., 167; pecu- 

 liarities of eggs, ii., 478 ; its use as 

 a crest, iii., 74 

 Flying gurnets, excellent, but rare fish, 



v., 316 



" Flying squids," description of, iii., 347 

 Fock, Dr., opinion on tape-worms, vi., 



257 



Folkestone, capture of pilchard at, vi., 

 131 ; its participation in the herring 

 fishery, xi., 132 



Folk-lore (modern), chap. vii. Fishes of 

 Fancy ; persistence of superstition, 

 iii. , 79 ; superstitions as to shapes 

 of fishes, iii., 82 ; mermaids, 

 &c., iii., 84; herring traditions, iii., 

 86; clergy of ill omen, iii., 87; 

 sinister influence of womankind, iii., 

 87; religious superstitions, iii., 87; 

 alleged avoidance of churches by 

 fish, iii., 88 ; superstitions as to value 

 of fish in medicine, iii., 90; be- 

 liefs as to origin of fishes, iii., 

 91 ; Water-cattle, iii., 86. See also 

 under African, Arctic, Aryan, Aus- 

 tralian, British, Chinese, European, 

 Japanese, Jeivish, Polynesian, Red 

 Indian, Russian, Scandinavian, Sy- 

 rian. 



Follett, Mr., enquiry as to why dead 

 fish float, vi., 19 



Food collection at Bethnal Green 

 Museum, lists of compounds of food, 

 i., 360, 362 



Food constituents, vii., n 



Food fishes, their natural enemies, iv., 

 416 ; list of those artificially hatched 

 in the U.S., v., 14 



Food, relative cost of various kinds i., 

 367, 368; fish as food, iv., 6, 141 ; 

 factors to be regarded in connection 

 with its selection, vii., 10; how it 

 should be varied and regulated by 

 the requirements of different periods 

 of life, vii., 17 



Food of fishes, writers upon fish 

 and their history, xi., 501-507 ; 

 imperfect knowledge which exists 

 as to the food of fishes, xi., 

 507 ; desirability of an investiga- 

 tion of this subject, xi., 509- 



