FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



475 ; number of their eggs, ii., 478 ; 



captured in Oude by shooting, ii., 



491 

 Opossum shrimp (Mysis), a diminutive 



crustacean, vi., 332, 333 

 Optalus, his introduction of scarus 



into Italy, ii., 5 

 Oquassa trout, artificially hatched, v., 



14 



Oracles from fish, iii., 32, 51. See 

 under Fairy Tales. 



" Orange fins," a name of the young 

 bull trout, vi., 151 ; their position in 

 the scale offish life, vi., 185 



Orange, Prince of, his policy in rela- 

 tion to the Dutch Sea fisheries, ix., 

 324, 326, 328, 342 



Orca or Killer Whale, its pugnacity, 

 ii., 182 



Orders in Council as to lettering, &c., 

 of fishing boats, i., 243 ; their effect 

 on the fishing industry, viii., 404; 

 their relation to fisheries as defined 

 by Fisheries Act of 1868, ix., 236 



Orders of honour, use of shell-fish in 

 connection therewith, iii., 75 



Oregon, its salmon "canneries," v., 

 19 ; Chinese fishermen there, v., 22 ; 

 statistics of its fisheries, v., 24, 25 



Organisms in fish, danger to persons 

 eating them, vii., 29 



Organisms inhabiting the sea, their 

 interaction, iv., 415 



Orissa (India), nets and snares used 

 there, ii., 485, 489; consumption of 

 fish among its population, ii., 498 



Orkneys (the), line-fishing there, iv., 

 66 ; time of commencing the herring 

 fishery, xi., 130 



"Osborne," H.M.S., marine monster 

 seen from, iii., 424 



Osborne, Mr., of Clerkenwell, his re- 

 marks as to the importance to the 

 poor of a good supply of coarse fish, 

 vii., 85 



Osiris, traditions respecting him analo- 

 gous to those of Noah, iii., 188 



Otaridse or eared-seals, ii., 178 



Otley Angling Club, iii., 160 



Otterburn dam, fish pass constructed 

 there, ii., 334 



Ottermouth Haven (South Devon), 

 urgent need for a harbour, ix., 36; 

 suggestion for provision of funds for 

 its construction, ix., 36 



Otter-pike, a local name for the lesser 

 or viper weever, viii., 82 



Otters, equally at home on land or 

 water, ii., 177; are very destructive 

 to fish in India, ii., 494 



Otters (instruments so called), their use 

 forbidden, i., 223 



Oude (India), fish shot with guns there, 

 ii., 491 ; the majority of its people 

 fish consumers, ii., 498; its market 

 supply, ii., 500 



Ouse, River (Yorkshire), fishing statutes 

 respecting it, i., 213; angling there- 

 in, ii., 372 



Outrages on fishermen at sea, ix., 191, 

 192, 236, 288 



Ova, of perch, ii., 18, 72; its deposit 

 and fertilization, ii., 22 ; of trout, ii., 

 23, 26, 41, 46 ; dangers to which it 

 is liable, ii., 40 ; of salmonidse, ii., 41, 

 48, 54, 297 ; its artificial fertilization 

 and subsequent treatment, ii., 44 ; of 

 grayling, ii., 46, 48 ; mode of packing 

 and transporting ova, ii., 56 ; ova of 

 burbot, ii., 73; of pike, ii., 73; of 

 carp, ii., 74; of tench, ii., 77; 

 of dace, ii., 77; of cod, ii., 84; 

 where deposited, ii., 474, 475-478 ; 

 viii., 34; time of spawning varies 

 with locality, &c., ii., 476, 477 ; effect 

 of spawning upon fish, ii., 477 ; forms 

 which produce the largest number of 

 eggs, ii., 478 ; colour of eggs, ii., 

 478 ; experiments by Bloch as to 

 methods of conveying ova for long 

 distances, ii. , 479 ; germination of 

 eggs retarded by cold, ii., 479 ; ova 

 used as food in India, ii., 491 ; 

 its destruction by birds and steam 

 launches, iii., 103 ; vi., 227 ; distri- 

 bution of ova from infected rivers, 

 should be prevented, vi., 22 ; infected 

 ova easily distinguished, vi., 23 ; 

 seasons and places for its deposit by 

 salmon, vi., 150, 151, 156; means 

 adopted by fish for protecting it, viii., 

 35 ; nests, viii., 35 ; number of eggs in 



