FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



as to lights to be carried by fishing 

 vessels, 205, 206, 237, 238, 266 ; im- 

 munity of fishermen from forced ser- 

 vice in the Navy, ix., 241, 249 ; right 

 of fishermen to use waste lands for 

 drying their nets, the erection of 

 landing stages, &c., ix., 242; right 

 of fishermen to exercise certain re- 

 stricted trades, ix., 243 ; appointment 

 of White Herring Fisheries Commis- 

 sioners, ix., 243 ; constitution of the 

 Board altered, ix., 246; laws re- 

 specting breach of contract by fish- 

 ermen, ix., 250; laws relating to 

 apprentices, ix., 250; the Merchant 

 Shipping Acts and their relation to 

 the fishing industry, ix., 250, 251 ; 

 exemption of fish from Customs report 

 and entry, ix., 253 ; prohibition of 

 the use of dynamite for the capture 

 offish, ix., 254; rating of fishermen, 

 ix., 254 ; protection of clam and bait 

 beds, ix., 255 ; of spawning beds, 

 ix., 260, 261 ; of mussel beds, ix., 

 261. See also Legislation. 



Lea, river, its fishing, ii., 372; iii., 102 



Leach, Colonel, remarks by him on 

 " River Pollution," iv., 291 



Leach, Mr. George (of Hull), his inven- 

 tion of a mode of curing herring by 

 machinery, xi., 131 



Lead mines, pollution of rivers by them, 

 iv., 275 ; remedies, iv., 276 



Leaf screen for hatcheries, iv., 41 



Leather, superiority of the various de- 

 scriptions manufactured from seal 

 skin, v., 235 



Leather carp, i., 202; cultivation in 

 Germany, ii., 74 



" Leather Jackets," good table fish, but 

 regarded by fishers as a pest, v., 333 



Leather Lane as a fish-market, iv., 135 



Lecky, Mr., opinion on decay of Irish 

 fisheries, i., 64 



Leconfield v . Lonsdale, action at law, 

 i., 212, 217 



Lee, Henry, F.L.S., his papers, " Sea 

 Fables explained," iii., 178-317; and 

 " Sea Monsters unmasked," iii., 318- 

 440 ; with reference to young lobsters 

 taken by him near Shanklin, vi., 336 



Leeds, pollution of rivers by its tanning 

 industries, iv., 265, 266, 298 



Leet, leets, leeat, local names for the 

 pollack, viii., 158 



Lefevre, Sir John, report on branding 

 of fish barrels, i., 29 



Legend connecting dedication of West- 

 minster Abbey with the Thames sal- 

 mon fisheries, ii., 282 



Legendary art, fish in their relation 

 thereto, iii., 47 



Legislation and fisheries, ii., 355; iv., 

 344, 346; vi., 76, 90, 92, 97, 100 ; 

 vii., 325, 329 



Legislation for preservation of mackerel, 

 question respecting it, vi., 141 



Legislation for increasing supply of 

 fish, iv., 85, 86, 109, 113; for pre- 

 serving order among fishermen on 

 the high seas, iv., 85, 86, in ; for 

 preventing fishermen from doing 

 damage to the nets and implements 

 of others, iv., 85, 104, 106 ; for pre- 

 venting wasteful destruction of fish, 

 iv., 85, 86, 109 ; principles of legis- 

 lation for sea fisheries, iv., 86; prohi- 

 biting fishing during certain seasons, 

 iv., 85, 86 ; prohibiting use of certain 

 implements, iv., 85, 86; protecting 

 fish below a certain size, iv., 85, 86 ; 

 Royal Commission on legislation for 

 sea fisheries, iv., 86; remarks by 

 Mr. Birkbeck, M.P., as to prospects 

 of future legislation respecting fish- 

 eries, iv., 354. See also Laws. 



Legitimate fishing, ii., 306, 314 



Leicester, Earl of, his administration of 

 the United Provinces of the Nether- 

 lands, ix., 342 



Leigh, headquarters of the Thames 

 shrimpers, i., 295 



Leith, J. M., prize essay on "Salmon 

 Legislation in Scotland," viii, 489- 

 557 



Lely, J. van der, his " Recueil of the 

 Grand Fishery," ix., 354 



Lemon-dab, a name given at Belfast to 

 the smear-dab, viii., 208; x., 268- 

 271 



Lemon-sole, i., 158; general descrip- 

 tion, vii., 316; x., 291 ; the smear- 



