ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



105 



Mud-fishes, anatomical details of the 

 family, ii., 1 68 ; geographical distri- 

 bution, ii., 168 ; as food, ii., 168 ; 

 why so called, ii., 169 



Mud-flounder, a name given to the 

 flounder, viii. 216 



Mud-lamprey, or sand-pride, descrip- 

 tion of, i., 199 



Mud-tortoise, used as food by the 

 natives of India, ii., 173 ; softness of 

 the "house" of this reptile, ii., 173 



MugilicUZ) i., 142; v., 324-326 



Mullid<z, i., 88 ; v., 312 



Miiller, J., notice of his work "Mare 

 Clausum," ix., 460 



Mullet, Australian, v., 324, 326 



Mullet fishery (American), v., 25, 27; 

 in Greece, preparation of " bon- 

 targue," xiii., 33; mullet fishery in 

 Italy, xiii., 39 



Mullet, grey, anatomical details of the 

 family and genus to which it belongs, 

 i., 142; ii., 149, 150; viii., 114; x., 

 156; habits, i., 142; x., 157, 158; 

 size attained by this fish, i., 142 ; x., 

 161 ; behaviour in confinement, i., 

 142 ; x., 162 ; value as food, i., 142 ; 

 viii., 115; hatching of, by Sir J. 

 Gibson-Maitland, ii., 93 ; food of, 

 ii., 150; x., 159-161; classical allu- 

 sions and names, iii., 15 ; x. 163-165 ; 

 cultivation of, at Comacchio, iv., 7 ; 

 geographical distribution, viii., 113; 

 x., 157, 166 ; its ability to exist in 

 water which is partially fresh, viii., 

 113 ; x., 163 ; modes of capture, viii., 

 115 ; x., 161, 162 ; spawning, x., 161, 

 167 ; quality of flesh, x., 162 ; general 

 description, x., 165 



Mullet, red, anatomical details of the 

 family and genus to which it belongs, 

 i., 88 ; viii., 61-62 ; colour intensifies 

 with death, i., 89 ; ii., *|.9 ; fondness 

 of the Romans for this fish, i., 89; 

 viii., 64; cruel practice of removing 

 its scales to increase its colour, i. , 89 ; 

 habits, i., 90 ; viii., 62 ; x., 89 ; food 

 of, i., 90; x., 89; size attained by 

 this fish, i., 91; v., 312; viii., 64; 

 x., 90 ; quality of flesh, i., 404, 425 ; 

 vii., 8 ; x., 91 ; enormous prices paid 



by the Romans for this fish, i., 414 ; 

 striped red mullet, i., 414; classical 

 allusions to this fish, iii., 15; x., 

 92-94; modes of capture, v., 312; 

 viii., 63 ; x., 90 ; oiliness of this 

 fish, vii., 20; geographical distribu- 

 tion, viii., 60 ; x., 88 ; names by 

 which known, viii., 61 ; breeding, 

 viii., 64 ; x., 90 ; value as food, viii., 

 64; habitat, viii., 64; various Euro- 

 pean mullets probably of one species, 

 x., 88 ; do not thrive in confinement, 

 x., 92 ; general description, x., 94 



Mullet, thick-lipped, same as lesser 

 grey mullet, viii., 118 



Mullet, thin-lipped, same as grey mul- 

 let, viii., 116 



" Mullets, King of the," name some- 

 times given to the bass, viii., 58 



Mulvel, a local name for the haddock, 

 viii., 141 



Mundahl, Mr., his paper on line fishing, 

 vii., 281-296; xiii., 106 



"Mundella's Act, references to, ii., 

 371, 403, 407 



Munjery, earnings of fishermen at, ii., 

 463 



Munro, Mr., description of a mermaid 

 said to have been seen by him in 

 1797, iii., 218 



Munro, R. J., prize essay on "the 

 herring fisheries," xi., 129-168 



Munster, Count, remarks by, on the im- 

 portance of the fishing industry, iv., 

 19 



Muraena, the, description of, i., 175 



Mur&nidtz, i., 173 ; members of this 

 family obtained in the waters of New 

 South Wales, v., 332, 333 



Murcia Valley, condition of the rivers 

 there, vii., 267 



Murranroe, a name given in co. Antrim 

 (Ireland), to the common sea-bream, 

 viii., 66 



Murray cod, or Macquarie cod, descrip- 

 tion of, v., 335; weight, v., 335; 

 xi., 497 ; habitat, v., 335 ; modes of 

 capture, v., 335; value as food, xi., 

 497 ; well adapted for introduction 

 into the waters of this country, xi., 

 497 



