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Oar-fish, "protective mimicry, "ii., 145 



Oban, quantity of fish despatched 

 thence, vi., 101 



O'Brien, Lieut.-Col., condensed report 

 by him on the fisheries of Heligo- 

 land, xiii., 371-375 



Obstructions in rivers, their effect upon 

 the adult fish, vi., 47 ; upon the fry, 

 vi., 48 



Occult influences offish, iii., 51, 52 



Ocean fisheries, enumeration of, v., 25 



Ocean-going steam and sailing ships, 

 boats provided for them, vii., 201 



Ocean zones, viii., 56 



October, fishing in this month, ii., 418 



Octopods, esteemed as food in the 

 Sandwich Islands, iii., 47 ; and in 

 Japan, v., 199; probable identity 

 of the octopus with the hydra, iii., 

 237 ; their formation and habits, iii., 

 339-343 ; larger ones sometimes 

 dangerous, iii., 348 ; abundant in 

 temperate zone, iii., 354 ; injury 

 caused by them to oyster beds, xi., 

 289 



Ocythoe, an eight-armed cuttle fish, 

 description thereof, iii., 269 



*' Offal," a trade name for cheap fish, 

 i., 59; is greatly wasted by fisher- 

 men, ii., 235 ; chiefly brought to Lon- 

 don by water, iv., 140 



Official publications, return of sales 

 during the Exhibition, xiii., 271-277 



Official Report, its object and scope, 

 xiii., 1-3 



Ohio, statistics of its fishing industry, v., 

 24, 25 



Oil used for preserving sardines, vi., 

 281 ; its use in human diet, vii., n 



Oke's Handy Book of the Fishery Laws, 

 i., 230, 231 



Olafsen, on mermaids in Iceland, iii., 

 208 



Olaus Magnus, bishop of Upsala, his 

 history, i., 503, 528 ; his observa- 

 tions on the physeter, iii., 251 ; his 

 tales and sketches, iii., 252 ; his men- 

 tion of the goose tree legend, iii., 297 



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Olaus Wormius, his belief and writings 

 about the goose tree legend, iii., 297 



"Old Wife," or black sea bream, ob- 

 servations of the habits of specimens 

 in aquaria, i. , 92 ; anatomical details, 

 viii., 64; habits, viii., 65 ; x., 96; 

 means of capture, viii., 65 ; value as 

 food, viii., 65; habitat, viii., 65 ; size 

 attained by it, viii., 66 



Olic, a local name for the ling, viii., 

 168 



Olsen, Mr. O. T., his assertion that 

 abundance of fish is a matter of the 

 past, i., 518; his remarks upon the 

 establishment of a National Fisheries 

 Society, iv., 224 



Omeath herring fisheries, statistics, vii. 

 76 



Omnivorous fishes, as compared with 

 those of a herbivorous species, vi., 

 269 ; is legislation likely to benefit 

 them ? vi., 278 



" One hundred fathom line," meaning 

 of the term, v., 273 



Ontario, Lake, former abundant supply 

 of salmon in it, vi., 64; causes of 

 present scarcity, vi., 65 



Ontario Province, its important inland 

 fisheries, v., 119 ; white fish and trout 

 plentiful there, v., 148 ; small capital 

 employed in fisheries, v., 149; laws 

 as to taking of salmon, v., 155, 156 



Oosterschelde, no natural oyster beds 

 there, v., 92 



Ootipadaram (India), earnings of the 

 fishing population, ii., 463 



Opah, or king fish, general description, 

 i., 113 



Opening of the Exhibition speeches 

 of the Duke of Richmond and Gor- 

 don, K.G., xiii., 245 ; and the Prince 

 of Wales, xiii., 247 ; prayer offered 

 up by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 

 xiii., 249 ; account of the ceremonial, 

 taken from the Court Circular, xiii., 

 249 



Opercula or gill-covers, x., 7 



Ophiocephalidcz, the snake-headed walk- 

 ing fishes of India, ii., 472; almost 

 unaffected by stream pollution, ii., 

 473; spots frequented by them, ii., 



