ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



119 



number and capacity in case of ne- 

 cessity arising for their use, vii., 201 



Passes, fish. See Salmon Ladders. 



Patent laws of the United Kingdom, 

 improvement recently effected therein, 

 xiii., 269 



Pasteur, experiments made by him in 

 1862 confirming Schwann's theory 

 with regard to putrefaction, vii., 220 



Patagonia, fur seal fisheries, vii., 159; 

 when the fishery commences, vii., 

 159; its duration, vii., 159; seal 

 hunters and traders, vii., 162 ; seal- 

 pupping season, vii., 167 ; remarks 

 by Mr. Martin on these fisheries, vii., 

 170. See also Seal Fisheries. 



Paterson, Mr., his invention of a 

 machine for making nets, xi., no 



Patron gods and saints, iii., 32, 47, 48 



" Pauline," ship, sea serpent seen from, 

 iii., 420, 421 



Pan-ta-tseng snare, description of, i., 534 



Paupers, fish dinners for, iv., 309 



Payment of crews of fishing boats, 

 systems adopted, viii., 360-362 ; ix., 

 251, 252, 253 



Peacham, Sir G., took possession of 

 Newfoundland in the name of Eliza- 

 beth in 1583, i., 531 



Peacock-fish, remarkable for their habit 

 of nest-building, i., 203 



" Pea-crab," common, size attained by 

 it, vi., 360 



Pearce v. Scotcher, action at law, with 

 regard to rights of fishing in the 

 upper reaches of the Thames, i., 209 



Pearl, a name given to the brill, viii., 

 199 



Pearls, the Bahamas fishery, v., 369 ; 

 increased demand for " pink pearls," 

 v., 388 ; discovery by Mortimer, a 

 Frenchman, of the secret of the origin 

 of these pearls, v., 388 ; his imprison- 

 ment for selling them (called "imita- 

 tion pearls"), v., 388; pearls found 

 in fresh- water mussels, vi. , 323 ; pearl 

 fishery in Ceylon, xiii., 13 



" Pearl-sides," viii., 13 



Pe-chen-keon line, description of, i., 

 534 



Pecten. See Clams. 



Pectoral fins, their position affd uses, 

 viii., 8 



Pekin, imperial college for study of 

 western languages and sciences, vii., 

 171 



Pelagic Crustacea, as food for herrings, 

 sand-eels, &c., vi., 333 



Pelagic fish, how defined, viii., 56; 

 xiii., 329 



Pelamid, or short-finned tunny, one of 

 the members of the mackerel family, 

 i., in 



Pelican, the, description of, ii., 176 



Penarth pass, or salmon ladder, one of 

 the successful ones, ii., 329 



Penguin, description of, ii., 176; 

 strange appearance of this bird, ii., 

 177; its young, ii., 177 



Pennsylvania, statistics of fisheries, v., 

 24, 25 ; the shad fishery, v., 41 



Penobscot salmon, hatching period, 

 ii., 8 ; purchase of, for Bucksport 

 hatchery, v., 69 



Pensacola, one of the local centres for 

 the fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico ; 

 v., 19 



Penzance, number of fishermen, i., 10; 

 the headquarters of the pilchard 

 trade, iv., 64; fisheries carried on 

 there, viii., 338; vessels employed, 

 viii-j 339 ; payment of crews, viii., 

 339 5 apprenticeship not general, viii., 

 339; Penzance luggers, ix., in 



Pepys, Samuel, one of the governors 

 of the Royal Fishing Company 

 formed in the reign of Charles IL, 

 i. , 495 ; extract from his diary anent 

 the Royal Fishery, i., 496 



Perch (freshwater), anatomical details 

 i., 83; ii., 148, 150, 151; a prime 

 favourite with the angler i., 83; its 

 abundance in the Norfolk Broads, i., 

 83, and in other British waters, ii., 

 368 ; spawn and spawning, i. , 84 ; ii. , 

 15, 18, 72 ; vi., 219 ; as food, i., 399, 

 431; ii., 72, 147; v., 312; food of 

 this fish, ii. 72 ; effect of salt water 

 on the freshwater perch, ii., 105 ; 

 instance of an enormous capture by 

 anglers, ii., 368 



Perch, Chinese, v., 179 



