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lation to herring, i., 497 ; first caught 

 at Yarmouth, L, 536; eggs of the 

 herring, ii., 15, 17 ; cost of nets, ii., 

 207 ; price of herrings in the four- 

 teenth century, ii., 395 ; Indian 

 herring, ii., 445, 476 ; herring pie, 

 iii. , 46 ; fables connected with herring, 

 iii., 55 ; herring in heraldry, iii., 67 ; 

 superstitions of fishermen in refer- 

 ence to herring, iii. , 86 ; viii. , 284 ; 

 modes of capture, iv., 53, 58; v., 

 126; viii., 261, 265, 275; x., 339, 

 349, 369 ; Dutch herring, iv., 147 ; 

 prodigious power of reproduction, iv., 

 202; size of mesh, iv., 311, 312, 

 352 ; growth of the herring, iv., 313, 

 329 ; destruction of herring by cod, 

 iv., 321, 322, 330; spawning, iv., 

 327. 349J v - !34J vi., 275; viii., 

 265, 271, 272; x., 330, 338; rate 

 of carriage, iv., 360; localisation of 

 herring, iv., 415 ; shoals in Scotch 

 waters, iv., 436 ; immense size of 

 shoals in Canadian waters, v., 119; 

 time of arrival of herring in Canadian 

 waters, v., 133; destruction of fish 

 owing to pressure in shoals, v., 134 ; 

 modes of cure, v., 136 ; viii., 

 280 ; x., 352, 356 ; excellence of the 

 Labrador herring, v., 236 ; large 

 quantities captured in one haul of the 

 seine-net, v., 236; number of Scotch 

 herrings cured in certain years, vi., 

 73 ; herring as food for salmon, vi., 

 152, 184 ; nematodes in herring, vi., 

 261 ; food of herring, vi., 280, 282, 

 284; viii., 251 ; x., 321, 330; herring 

 as bait, vi., 321 ; vii., 293, 294 ; fresh 

 herrings as food, vii. , 20 ; names given 

 to this fish under various conditions 

 and modes of cure, viii., 248, 249 ; x., 

 356, 357, 358; terms used in the 

 trade for denoting quantity, viii., 

 249; habits, viii., 250; x., 296, 

 321 ; difficulty of keeping herring in 

 an aquarium, viii., 252-254; migra- 

 tions, viii. , 254 ; effects of tempera- 

 ture, &c., on migrations, viii., 256 ; 

 early fishing deprecated, viii., 259; 

 " fleets " of nets, viii., 262 ; hatching, 

 viii., 272 ; how whitebait are to be 



distinguished from sprats, viii., 270; 

 destruction of fry by small mesh nets, 

 viii., 273; use of cotton nets, viii., 

 278 ; first use of ice to preserve 

 herrings during transit to markets, 

 viii., 281 ; railway rates, viii., 281 ; 

 influence of the fishery on the 

 marriage rate in certain parts, viii., 

 283 ; diseases of, and causes of 

 destruction, viii., 283; x., 367, 371 ; 

 geographical distribution, viii., 285; 

 x. , 296 ; size .and weight of herring, 

 viii., 286 ; x., 337 ; size of nets, 

 viii., 347 ; mode of using them, viii., 

 346-347 ; how constructed, viii., 346 ; 

 foreign nets, viii., 348; quality of 

 flesh, x., 349 > mode of counting 

 herring, x., 358, 359; provincial 

 names, x., 359; enemies of the 

 herring, x., 366, 371 ; terror of the 

 seine net evinced by herring, x., 

 369 ; inability of the herring to live 

 long out of the water, x., 371 ; 

 general description, x., 372. See 

 also Herring Fishery. 

 Herring boats, dimensions of, i., 220; 

 iv-> 59 J cos t of, ii., 207; size used 

 by Canadian fishermen, v., 154 

 Herring fishery, Scotch fishery, i., 26, 

 27, 241 ; ii., 202, 217, 273 ; iv., 59, 

 62, 89, 208; viii., 257, 276, 277; 

 branding, i., 29, 31, 239, 240; viii., 

 461, 462 ; xi., 109, 164, 178-180, 

 opinions for and against its retention, 

 i., 239, 240 ; ix., 228, 244, 247, 248 ; 

 the Devonshire and Cornwall fishery, 

 i., 239; ii., 224; viii., 261 ; the Dutch 

 fishery, i., 406; iv., 62; vii., 285; 

 viii., 343 ; xi., 142, 143, 175 xiii., 

 94 ; the Yarmouth and Lowestoft 

 fisheries, ii., 218, 223; viii., 260; 

 xi., 1 60; precautions taken to 

 prevent the nets from mixing, ii., 

 221 ; nets used in herring fishing, 

 ii., 228; v., 135, 154; the Irish 

 fishery, ii., 248; vii., 76, 95; re- 

 marks of Professor Huxley on the 

 herring fishery, iv., 14; quantity taken 

 in one year by British fishing vessels, 

 iv., 62; the French fishery, iv., 62; 

 xi., 136, 176; xiii., 101 ; the Nor- 



