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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Herring-hake, a name given at Aber- 

 deen to the coal-fish, viii., 154 ; 

 another name for the hake, viii., 163 



" Herring King," the, general descrip- 

 tion of, ii., 165 



Herrings, statute of, i., 491 



Hewett, Mr., enterprise of, i. 273 



Higden " Polychronicon " (Babington), 

 i., 418 



Hilsa. See Indian Fish and Fishing. 



Himalayas, ii., 474, 480, 486. 



Hippocampus, the short-nosed sea- 

 horse, description of, i., 177 



Hissar, ii., 475 



Histology, its importance in the study 

 of natural history, viii., 5 



Historic notes of the former use of fish 

 in England temp. Edward IV., i., 

 384 ; temp. Henry VII., i., 385 ; A.D. 

 1512 to 1525, i., 389; prices, A.D. 

 1259 to 1400 herrings, i., 392; 

 stockfish, i., 392 ; salmon, i., 393 ; 

 lampreys, i., 394 ; eels, i., 394 ; pike, 

 i., 395 ; oysters, i., 395. Prices, A.D. 

 1401 to 1582 herring, i., 396; sal- 

 mon, i., 396; eels, i., 397 ; pike, i., 

 397 ; salt conger, i., 397 



Historical aspect of the Exhibition, 

 xiii., 4-9 



Hitchcock, Robert, his plan 'for the 

 organisation of the British fisheries, 

 ix., 463 



Hoe, a name given in the Orkneys to 

 one of the dog-fishes, viii., 316 



Hoek, Dr., reference made to his 

 treatise on the anatomy of the oyster, 

 v., 94; prize essay on "Oyster Cul- 

 ture," xi., 379-412 



Hoffmeyer, Captain, investigations of 

 Atlantic storms, vii., 185 



Hogarth, Mr. A. B., his testimony re- 

 specting over-netting;, vi., 166 



Hogarth, R., prize essay on " The 



Herring Fishery," xi., 105-125 

 Holdsworth, Mr. E. W. H., paper by 

 him on "Apparatus for Fishing," 

 i., 251-326; his description of the 

 mode of using the drift-net, x., 339- 

 344; the seine-net, x., 344-347; 

 services rendered by him as special 

 commissioner for juries, xiii., 265; 



condensed report on sea fishing in 

 Great Britain, xiii., 291-298; on the 

 commercial and economic aspects of 

 the fisheries, xiii., 306-311. 



Holibut, anatomical details of the family 

 (x. 230) and genus to which it belongs, 

 x., 232 ; geographical distribution, x., 

 232 ; habits, x., 233 ; food, x., 234 ; 

 spawning, x., 234 ; size attained by 

 this fish, x. , 234 ; modes of capture, 

 x., 235; quality of flesh, x., 235; 

 commercial value, x. , 236 ; names 

 given to it, x., 236 ; general descrip- 

 tion, x., 237. See also Halibut. 



Holinshed Chronicles, Extract from 

 concerning fish, i. 399 



Holland, rates for carriage of fish there- 

 from, iv., 362 ; the Dutch government 

 obtain the aid of zoologists to develop 

 the resources of the fish industry, iv. , 

 411; seaside laboratories in Holland, 

 iv., 424; importation of fish eggs 

 from the United States, v., 70; 

 artificial breeding of fish in Holland 

 probably unremunerative, v., 102; 

 fishing signal stations on the coast of 

 Holland, v., 145, fisheries very im- 

 portant, viii. , 342 ; boats employed 

 in trawling, viii., 342; sole-buying 

 by British fishermen, viii., 342 ; 

 herring fishery, viii., 343 ; large 

 mesh nets used, viii., 343 ; mode of 

 curing fish at sea, viii., 343; boats 

 employed in this fishery, viii., 343 ; 

 religious observances of Dutch fisher- 

 men, viii., 344; cod fishery, viii., 

 344 ; statistics showing value, num- 

 ber of vessels and men employed, 

 viii., 378; geographical position of 

 Holland, ix., 303 ; large extent of 

 sea coast, ix., 303 ; facilities afforded 

 thereby for prosecution of fisheries, 

 ix-j 33 > class of boats at present 

 used in the Dutch fisheries, xiii., 94 ; 

 improvement of the herring fishery 

 coincident with the abolition of re- 

 strictions, xiii., 94; recent abolition 

 of the herring brand, xiii., 95 ; the 

 cod fishery, xiii., 95 ; cultivation of 

 shell fish, xiii., 96 ; large consump- 

 tion in England of mussels for bait, 



