FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Hayes, Major, remarks on Irish fish- 

 eries, iv., 143 



Hayti, how represented at the Exhibi- 

 tion, xiii., 1 08 



Health Exhibition, to be held in 1884, 

 xiii., 269 



Health of fishes, injuriously affected by 

 pollution of rivers, ii., 338-345; and 

 by destruction of forests, vii., 268 



Hearing, organs of, in fish, viii., 20; 

 x., 14 



Heating food causes speedy decomposi- 

 tion in fish caught, vi., 296 



Hebridal smelt, where caught, i., 165 



Hebrides (the), time of commencing 

 the herring fishery, xi., 130; capture 

 of immature fish, xi., 130 ; necessity 

 fora close time, xi., 130; catch of 

 herrings principally exported, xi., 

 146 



Heligoland, trawling grounds near this 

 island, vii., 317 ; decay of the 

 fisheries carried on there, xiii., 102 ; 

 reasons for this, xiii., 102; value of 

 the fisheries, xiii., 102; condensed 

 report on the fishing industries of the 

 Island, xiii., 371-375 



Helmholtz, experiments of his in 1843, 

 which confirmed Schwann's theory 

 with regard to putrefaction, vii., 



220 



Helmsdale, capacity of harbour and its 

 defects, ix., 17; suggestions for im- 

 provement and provision of funds for 

 carrying out the work, ix., 17 



Helyer, Mr. John (Great Yarmouth), 

 remarks by, on the take and destruc- 

 tion of immature fish, iv., 329, 330; 

 resolution moved by him at Confer- 

 ence respecting the same, iv., 346 ; 

 remarks by, on the break-up of fish- 

 ing fleets in the North Sea, owing to 

 excessive rates charged by railway 

 companies for the conveyance of fish, 

 iv., 369 ; on the prevention of loss of 

 life at sea, iv., 381, 382 ; on the 

 apprenticeship system, iv., 398, 399 



Hemp, quality used for nets, i., 261 ; 

 vii., 157; appointment of trustees for 

 improving the manufacture o.f hemp, 

 ix., 282 



Heneage, Mr., M.P., remarks by, on 

 the neglect of the fishing interest by 

 public departments, vii., 300 



Henfish, name given to the female bib 

 at Belfast, viii., 150 



Henley and District Thames Angling 

 Society, iii., 122 



Hepton, Mr. John (Grimsby), remarks 

 by, on the destruction of immature 

 fish, iv., 330-334, 388; on the scarcity 

 of fish in the North Sea, iv., 332; 

 on trawl fishing, iv., 333, 335 ; on 

 the prevention of loss of life at sea, 

 iv., 384, 385 ; on the excessive rates 

 charged by railway companies for the 

 conveyance of fish, iv., 386-388 ; on 

 the ' Merchant Vessels and Shipping 

 Boats Act, 1883,' iv., 397 



Heracleoticon, Gesner's, iii., 326 



Heraldry of fish, French and German, 

 iii., 72-76 



Herbivorous fishes, vi., 269, 272, 278 



Herbs and condiments for flavouring 

 fish, vii., 28 



Herds of seals in Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 vii., 156 



Hereford, the sewage of, is injuring the 

 river fish, vii., 41, 43 



Hermaphroditism, instances very rare 

 in fish, x., 20 



Hermit crabs, vi., 368 



Herons, destruction of the young of 

 salmon by them, vi., 153 



Herriman, Captain, supposed sea ser- 

 pent seen by, was seaweed, iii., 418 



Herring, commercial value, i., 22, 27 ; 

 *> 350, 352 ; bounty on herrings, 

 i., 26; capture of herrings by birds, 

 i., 66; iv., 435; vi,, 293; ana- 

 tomical details of the family and 

 genus to which it belongs, i., 

 170, ii., 135; vi., 272; viii., 250; 

 x., 294-295 ; comparison of the 

 herring and sprat, i., 172; x., 363- 

 366 ; nature of whitebait, i., 171 ; 

 viii., 267; x., 360-363; nets used, 

 i., 278, 299, 301, 512, 513; viii., 

 346 ; value of herring as food, i., 

 362-364, 428; viii., 279; method of 

 buying herrings in the year 1259, i., 

 392; earliest written record in re- 



