ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



French railway companies, facilities 

 afforded by them for carriage of fish, 

 iv., 361 



French sole, a name given at Youghal 

 to the smear-dab, viii., 208 ; another 

 name for the lemon-sole, viii., 231 



French trawls, use of hide to protect 

 nets, i., 259 



French West African Settlements, v., 



434 



Fresh fish exempt from Customs regu- 

 lations as to report and entry, ix., 



253 



" Fresh herrings," proportion of Scotch 

 herrings sold fresh, ii., 203; their 

 excellence as food, vii., 20 



Freshes, no effect in diminishing salmon 

 disease, vi., 7 



Freshwater and marine organisms, in- 

 vestigations by zoologists respecting, 

 iv., 412 



Freshwater and sea-fishing, distinction 

 between, i., 253 



Freshwater fish, their cultivation re- 

 commended, iv,, 437 ; artificial 

 cultivation in China, v., 183 ; 

 freshwater fish of Japan, v., 193, 

 200 ; of New South Wales, various 

 species of, v. , 335 ; British, food of, 

 vi., 274; their propagation and culti- 

 vation : desirability of increasing 

 the stock of "coarse" fish, xi., 86; 

 description of Lund's hatching box, 

 xi., 87, 99 ; kinds offish which may 

 be hatched by means of it, xi. , 88 ; 

 propagation of pike, xi., 88 ; of carp, 

 xi., 89; of chub, xi., 89; breeding 

 hurdles, xi., 90, 98; introduction 

 from America of the black bass recom- 

 mended, xi., 90-92; importance of 

 providing fish with proper and suffi- 

 cient food, xi., 92; pisciculture 

 among the Chinese, xi., 95 ; the 

 Romans, xi., 95 ; by the monks in 

 the middle ages, xi., 95 ; modern 

 indifference on this subject, xi., 96 ; 

 loss of ova owing to imperfect im- 

 pregnation, xi., 96; enemies that 

 prey upon the young fry, xi., 96; 

 species of fish most desirable to be 

 cultivated, xi., 97 ; time of spawning 



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and mode of depositing ova, xi., 97 ; 

 artificial fecundation, xi., 98 ; de- 

 scription of another form of hatch- 

 ing box, xi. , 98 ; mode of using this 

 apparatus, xi., 99 ; artificial ponds, 

 xi., 100, 101 ; management- of the 

 ponds, xi., 101, 102; dangers of 

 overcrowding, xi., 102; feeding of 

 fish reared artificially, xi., 102 ; kinds 

 of fish recommended for acclimatisa- 

 tion, xi. , 492-497 ; causes which are 

 likely to lead to the extermination 

 of freshwater fish, xiii., 136, 150 



Freshwater fisheries, local and general 

 regulations respecting them, i., 208, 

 220, 234; title to exclusive fishing 

 rights, i., 209 ; these fisheries specially 

 preserved, i. , 229 ; imposition of new 

 restrictions respecting, i., 248; their 

 condition in England, ii., n ; (In- 

 dian) comparison with marine fish- 

 eries, ii., 465; (Indian) diminution 

 of supply therefrom, ii., 468; fish 

 cries of Canada, v., 119, 145 ; 

 overfishing of freshwater fisheries, 

 vi., 292 ; antiquity of angling in the 

 United Kingdom, xiii., 298; lite- 

 rature connected with the subject, 

 xiii., 299 ; popularity of angling at 

 the present day, xiii., 300; modem 

 improvements in fishing appliances, 

 xiii., 301 



Freshwater Fisheries Acts, 1878, pro- 

 visions as to forbidden instruments, i., 

 223 ; as to fishing during close times, 

 i., 227 ; good done by these Acts, i., 

 229 ; provisions as to sale of fish 

 during close times, i., 230; local 

 administration, i., 231 



Freshwater fleuk, a name given in the 

 Moray Firth to the flounder, viii., 

 216 



Friendly Societies, facilities offered by 

 them to labouring classes for in- 

 surance, ix., 119, 120. 



Frog, description, ii., 170 ; use as 

 bait in India, ii., 490, 495; eaten 

 by otters, ii., 495 



Fry, Act passed in time of Elizabeth 

 for their preservation, i. , 230 ; causes 

 leading to their destruction, i., 521 ; 



