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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



fishery, xiii., 148 ; the success of 

 oyster culture in France and Holland 

 and its failure in England, xiii., 149 

 Oyster, the bastard variety, vi., 319 

 Oyster and Mussels Fishery Orders 

 Confirmation Act, 1869 (No. 2), ix., 

 265 



" Pacific," loss of the, vii., 214 



Pacific Ocean (the), number of vessels 

 in the United States whaling fleet, v., 

 35; seal fisheries, vii., 159, 162, 171 



Pacific States Salmon Fisheries. See 

 Salmon and Salmon Fisheries. 



Packages used in transmission of fish, 

 iv., 57; viii., 464 



Packers, number employed in the 

 Scotch herring fishery, vi., 75 



Padstow, fisheries unimportant, viii., 

 339 ; its suitability as a site for a 

 harbour of refuge, ix., 26 



Palman, K., condensed report by him 

 on the fishing industries of Sweden, 

 xiii., 520-525 



Pamphleteer (the), 1813, extracts from, 

 respecting fish sold at Billingsgate, 

 i., 420 



Pancreatic duct (the), in fishes, viii., 16 



Pandora, geographical distribution, x., 

 102 ; general habits, x., 102 ; food, 

 x., 102; spawning, x., 102 ; modes 

 of capture, x., 102; quality of flesh, 

 x., 102; commercial value, x., 103; 

 classical allusions to this fish, x., 103, 

 general description, x., 103 



Pandora, sea-bream, so called locally, 

 viii., 69 



Pan fish, (the), why so called, iii., 52 



Paper mills, injury to the health of 

 salmon which frequent rivers on 

 which paper mills are established, i., 

 249 ; how river water is polluted by 

 paper mills, iv., 266; remedies pro- 

 posed, iv., 266, 267. See also Pollu- 

 tion of Rivers. 



Paradise-fish, remarkable for their habit 

 of nest-building, i., 203 



Paraffin, petroleum, and tar works, 

 pollution of rivers by refuse there- 



from, iv., 272, 273 ; remedy pro- 

 posed, iv., 273, 274 



Parasites, description of various spe- 

 cies, vi., 10; viii., 55; parasites 

 infesting the salmon, vi., .10, II, 

 258 ; parasites often conveyed by in- 

 termediaries, vi. , 20 ; parasites in the 

 human body owing to the consump- 

 tion of fish infested with them, 

 vi., 21, 22 ; remarks on parasites by 

 Professor Honeyman, vi., 21 ; by Dr. 

 Day, vi., 263; by Dr. Cobbold, vii., 

 29 ; by Mr. Wilmot, vii., 31 ; 

 some parasites undergo transforma- 

 tions, vi. , 247 ; zoological difficulties 

 attending the study of the subject of 

 parasites, vi., 247; how parasites 

 cause the death of fish, vi., 250, 

 256 ; parasites in the mouse, vi., 

 251; in the tench, vi., 254, 255; 

 jilaricE often mistaken for young eels, 

 vi., 261 ; fish capable of sustaining 

 a relatively greater amount of para- 

 sitism than any other animal belong- 

 ing to the class of vertebrates, vi., 

 261 ; parasites in the sun-fish, vi., 

 262; sedentary parasites, viii., 55; 

 fish lice, viii., 55; how they attach 

 themselves to the body of the fish, 

 viii., 55. See also Nematodes. 



Paris, importation of mussels from 

 Antwerp in 1873, vi., 312 



Parisian fishwives, ii., 259 



Parker, J. C., remarks by, on the fond- 

 ness for fish displayed by the London 

 poor, v., 156 



Parker's rotating hatcher, description 

 of, ii., 86 



Parliament, action taken by, respecting 

 fisheries, i., 63, 64; suggested action 

 of, respecting fisheries, i. , 68 



Parr, the name given to young salmon 

 when of a certain age, ii., 295 ; vi., 

 150; prohibition with regard to taking 

 them, iv., 13, 1 6 ; description of, vi., 

 150; period at which they seek the 

 sea, vi., 150; habits, vi., 158 



Parrs, the fry of the coal-fish, viii., 



154 



Passenger steam and sailing ships, 

 boats provided for insufficient in 



