ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



513 ; information to be of value 

 should be founded on actual observa- 

 tion, xi. ,510; knowledge as to food 

 required by certain species of great 

 value when considering the question 

 of their acclimitization or cultivation, 

 xi., 510; this knowledge not to be 

 obtained by a consideration of the 

 internal structure of fish, xi., 511 ; 

 or of the form of mouth and denti- 

 tion, xi., 512; an examination of 

 contents of stomach, the only sure 

 guide, xi., 512; causes of the excel- 

 lence or the reverse of the flesh of 

 fish at particular seasons, xi., 5 I 3~ 

 515 > opinion expressed by Mr. 

 Yarrell as to adaptation of structure 

 in fishes to their mode of living and 

 procuring food, xi., 515 ; the food of 

 certain fishes according to various 

 authors and as the result of recent 

 observations : the fatherlasher, xi., 

 517 ; common grey gurnard, xi., 

 518; armed bull-head, xi., 518; 

 fishing frog, xi., 519 ; mackerel, xi., 

 519; scad or horse mackerel, xi., 

 520; John Dory, xi., 521 ; freckled 

 goby, xi., 521 ; gemmeous dragonet, 

 xi., 521 ; lump-sucker, xi., 522 ; 

 spotted gunnel or butterfish, xi., 523 ; 

 herring, xi., 523; sprat, xi., 525; 

 shad, xi., 526; cod, xi., 526; had- 

 dock, xi., 529; bib, xi., 531 ; poor 

 cod, xi., 532; whiting, xi., 532; 

 coal-fish, xi., 534; ling, xi., 535; 

 sand-eel, xi., 536; sand-launce, xi., 

 536; long rough dab, xi., 536; 

 turbot, xi., 537; whiff, xi., 538; 

 plaice, xi., 538 ; lemon sole or lemon 

 dab, xi., 539; pole or craig fluke, 

 xi., 540; common dab, xi., 541 ; 

 flounder, xi., 543; angel fish, xi., 

 543; grey skate, xi., 544; homelyn 

 ray, xi., 544; starry ray, xi., 545; 

 investigations by the United States 

 Fish Commission as to the food of 

 fishes, xi., 547 



Food of fishes, discussion on, vi., 293- 

 300 



Food of salmonidse, in fresh water, vi., 

 47 ; at sea, vi., 46 



Food tables, i., 360, 362, 364, 367, 368 



Food values, foundation of study of, i., 

 347 



Foods for young fishes, ii., 52, 58 



Foot-seine, description thereof, i., 291 ; 

 viii., 47 



Forbes, Mr., of Chertsey, his attempts 

 to introduce salmon into the Thames, 

 "-, 349 



Forbes, Stewart & Co., statistics of 

 supply of salmon to London in recent 

 years, vi., 8 



Fordham, J. H., address by, on sub- 

 ject of fish transport and fish markets, 

 iv., 117 



Foreign and English trawls, distinction 

 between, i., 257 



Foreign countries, extent to which they 

 severally contributed to the Exhibi- 

 tion, xiii., 3 



Foreign fish, question of their acclima- 

 tization considered, ii., 79 



Foreign fisher-folk, ii., 195, 255 



Foreign Governments, development of 

 fish industries by, iv., 411 ; have ad- 

 vantages in matter of regulation of 

 fishing, v., 104 



Foreign trade in fish in the British 

 Islands, i., 21 ; iv., 118, 134. See 

 Export Trade and Import Trade. 



Foreshore fishing in Scotland, right of, 

 ii., 310 



" Forest," collision in the English 

 Channel between this ship and the 

 "Avalanche," vii., 205 



Forest protection, discussion thereon, 

 vii., 275-278 



Forests, their beneficial influence during 

 dry seasons, vii., 266; their density 

 an important condition in the con- 

 servation of water, vii., 270 



Forestallers, laws respecting, ix., 154- 

 156, 158-162, 240, 241 



Fork-beard, and other fish of the cod 

 tribe, i., 152. 



Forse Cove, its adaptability for conver- 

 sion into a harbour, ix., 17; sugges- 

 tions as to provision of necessary 

 funds, ix., 1 8 



Fort William, its dependence upon the 

 herring fishery, iv., 200 



