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118 ; time required for the herring to 

 arrive at maturity, xi., 119 ; supposed 

 existence of feeding and non-feeding 

 herring, xi., 120; warm weather of 

 advantage to the fisheries, xi., 120, 

 121 ; food of herrings, xi., 120, 121, 

 172 ; great depths at which herrings 

 are caught in locks on W. Coast of 

 Scotland, xi., 121 ; density of shoals, 

 xi., 121 ; opinions as to the presence 

 or absence in the herring of an organ 

 of hearing, xi., 122, 172 ; period of 

 the day at which herrings are generally 

 caught, xi., 122; robbery of nets 

 by other fish, xi., 122; destruc- 

 tion of nets by basking shark, xi., 



122 ; the herring fishery at Ballantrae 

 in 1883, xi., 123, 145; prices realised, 

 xi., 123; first occasion on which 

 trawl was used for the herring fishery 

 on the N.E. coast of Ireland, xi., 



123 ; suggested use of the trawl off 

 the Shetland Isles, xi., 124; value 

 of the herring fishery, xi., 124; 

 improved methods of curing herring 

 for home consumption, xi., 124 ; 

 advantage to the fisheries of good 

 railway communications, xi., 124; 

 number of persons employed in con- 

 nection with Scotch fisheries, xi., 

 125 ; loyalty of fishermen, xi., 125 ; 

 pursuit of this fishery in England 

 from a very early period, xi., 129; 

 periods of the year at which the 

 fishery is prosecuted in various parts 

 of the United Kingdom, xi., 129- 

 136 ; herring fishery takes precedence 

 of the fishery for white fish, xi. , 130 ; 

 mode of curingherrings by machinery, 

 xi., 131; the Newcastle "kipper," 

 xi., 131; whitebait, xi., 132, 176; 

 " longshore " herring, xi., 132, 144; 

 superiority of the Yarmouth lugger 

 to the open boats of Scotland, xi., 

 133 ; cost of these luggers, xi., 133 ; 

 sale of broken fish for manure, xi., 

 133; modes of curing herring, xi., 

 134, 163 ; method of counting herring 

 adopted at Yarmouth, xi., 134 ; anti- 

 quity of the Yarmouth herring fish- 

 ery, xi., 134; statute of herrings, xi., 



136 ; discovery by Peter Chivalier of 

 a method of cure, xi., 138; investiga- 

 tions to the food of the herring, xi., 

 138, 155 ; the Iceland fishery, xi., 138 ; 

 chiefly carried on by Norwegians, by 

 means of the seine-nets, xi., 139 ; 

 increasing importance of the Shetland 

 fishery, xi., 139 ; kind of boats used 

 there, xi., 140; advantage to be 

 derived from use of jacket-net, xi., 

 140-141 ; advantage to fishermen of 

 use of life-jackets, xi., 141 ; modes of 

 cure in Sweden and Norway, xi., 142 ; 

 geographical distribution of the 

 herring, xi., 144, 166 ; illustration of 

 the necessity for increased harbour ac- 

 commodation, xi., 146 ; great export 

 of herring from the Hebrides, xi., 

 146 ; uncertainty of the fishery in 

 particular districts, xi., 147 ; statistics 

 cited as a proof that the fishery is 

 suffering no general diminution, xi., 

 148-154; reproduction of the her- 

 ring, xi., 155 ; influence of tem- 

 perature on growth and develop- 

 ment, xi., 155 ; alleged injury to the 

 herring fishery by the use of the 

 trawl-net, xi., 155-159; coopering, 

 xi., 158; injury caused to nets by 

 means of the "devil," xi., 158; 

 necessity for regulations as to size of 

 mesh in nets, xi., 159; damage 

 caused to nets by lost anchors, xi., 

 159; angling for herring, xi., 160; 

 the Scotch fishery the most important 

 at the present day, xi., 161-163 5 the 

 Scotch "bounty" system, xi., 161; 

 the trade with Stettin, xi., 164; 

 names given in the trade to the 

 herring in various stages of develop- 

 ment, xi., 165 ; anatomical details of 

 the herring, xi., 165 ; its fecundity, 

 xi., 1 66 ; opinions as to surface and 

 bottom spawning, xi., 167 ; as to 

 time of spawning, xi., 173 ; as to 

 length of time required for hatching 

 of eggs, xi., 174; fisheries of Russia, 

 xiii. , 30 ; of Newfoundland, xiii. , 54 ; 

 of Germany, xiii., 80 ; of Denmark, 

 xiii. , 80 ; statistics of the fisheries of 

 the British Islands, xiii., 105 



