ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



69; eggs from Grand Lake Stream 

 for distribution, v., 70; its adapta- 

 bility for acclimatization, vi., 49, 58, 

 61-64, 66,67 ; not a distinct species, 

 xi., 491 



Land's End crab and lobster fishing 

 grounds, vi., 365 



Lane, Mr. Stuart, remarks by him at 

 the discussion on the " Fisheries of 

 Japan," v., 21 1, 212 



" Langrigg Hall," its wreck in 1882, 

 vii., 208 



Lankester, E. Ray, paper read by him 

 at conferences on " the Scientific Re- 

 sults of the Exhibition," iv., 405-427 



Lant, a name given in Cornwall to the 

 sand-launce, viii., 174, 177 



" La Pisciculture et la Peche en Chine," 

 by M. Dabry de Thiersant, v., 178 



Lapland, imaginary monster on its 

 coast, iii., 326 



" La Plata," loss of the vessel in 1874, 

 vii., 204, 205, 211 



Larch, its advantages as a forest tree, 

 and its effects on the life and food of 

 fish, vii., 271 



Lard, its use in diet, vii., n, 12 



Larvae of oysters, their fixation to trans- 

 portable apparatus, an important ob- 

 ject to oyster-culturists, v., 94 



Last (English herring measure), how 

 computed, i., 37 



Lateral line, definition of the term, x., 5 



Lates calcarifer. See Cock-up. 



Latham, Mr. Baldwin, C.E., automatic 

 arrangements by him for mixing che- 

 micals with refuse liquors from tan- 

 neries, iv., 265 ; remarks by him, iv., 



293 

 Laughton, J. K., remarks on storm 



warnings, vii., 193 

 Launce (the), xi., 485 

 Launch. See Sand eel. 

 Launching and lowering of boats, 



causes of the delays and difficulties 



in, vii., 203 



Lave-net, as used in India, ii., 456 

 Laws relating to fisheries, i., 205-250 ; 



for prohibition of the destruction of 



immature fish, iv., 310, 312, 319, 



327 ; international laws for protection 



of sea fisheries, viii., 329-485; for 

 regulation and protection of fisheries, 

 vi"-* 333-485; suggestions for their 

 improvement, viii., 465-471 ; prohi- 

 bition of " kidelli " or weirs, ix., 146- 

 148, 151 ; laws respecting the salmon 

 fishery, ix., 149, 165, 210, 219; laws 

 against taking fry of fish, ix., 149, 

 151 ; laws with respect to close time, 

 ix., 149, 165, 172, 245, 248, 249, 

 270-272 ; enactments having special 

 reference to the river Thames, ix., 

 150 ; to the size of the mesh hi nets, 

 ix., 151, 152, 238, 280; to the sale of 

 undersized fish, ix., 152, 153, 170, 

 267, 268, 269, 273 ; laws against fore- 

 stallers, ix., 154-156; 158-162, 240, 

 241 ; laws with reference to the sale 

 offish, ix., 155-162, 240, 272; re- 

 grators, ix., 159-162; and ingrossers, 

 ix., 159-162; laws relating to cap- 

 ture of lobsters and crabs, ix., 170, 

 220, 267, 268, 269, 272; laws af- 

 fecting the herring fisheries, ix., 171, 

 172, 245, 247-249 ; abolition of re- 

 strictions on sea fisheries, ix., 172, 

 219, 240, 242 ; abolition of fast 

 days, ix., 175 ; their re -establishment 

 under another form, ix., 176 ; restric- 

 tions on imports from abroad, ix., 

 176-178 ; grants of bounties and loans, 

 ix., 178-181, 183-185, 282, 287; laws 

 as to branding, ix., 181 ; laws prohibit- 

 ing settlement of fishermen in New- 

 foundland, ix., 186 ; repealed, ix., 

 186 ; grants of foreshore for cultiva- 

 tion of oysters and mussels, ix., 186 ; 

 law as to harbours, suggested im- 

 provement, ix., 189; laws respecting 

 the oyster fishery, ix., 186, 220, 249, 

 253, 260, 261-266, 267, 268, 271, 

 272 ; laws as to outrages on fisher- 

 men at sea, ix., 191, 236, 288; let- 

 tering and numbering of fishing ves- 

 sels, ix., 191, 237 ; French convention 

 of 1843, ix -> 195. 235, 239, 269 ; con- 

 vention of the Hague, 1882, ix., 197; 

 special laws respecting the use of 

 drift-nets, ix., 198, 236, 248, 278; 

 of trawl-nets, ix., 200, 237, 246, 

 248, 255, 260, 278, 279 ; regulations 



