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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Perch, Australian, v., 308, 312 ; their 

 abundance in some of the rivers of 

 New South Wales, v., 336 



Perch (marine) family and genus to which 

 it belongs, viii., 57 ; geographical dis- 

 tribution, viii., 57 '> means of capture, 

 viii., 59 ; breeding, viii., 60 ; as food, 

 viii., 60 



Perch fishing, localities where these fish 

 are found, ii., 72 ; iii., 491, 492 ; 

 Derwent perch fishing, iii., 490; 

 rods, winches, and hooks, iii., 493 ; 

 how to handle a perch, iii., 491 ; baits 

 iii., 494; worm-fishing, iii., 495; 

 how to " threadle " a worm, iii., 495 ; 

 when to strike, iii. , 495 



Peritonitis in fish, caused by parasites, 

 vi., 255-256 



Periwinkles, how sold, i., 47 ; the 

 poorer classes the chief purchasers of 

 in London, i., 62 ; their use as food, 

 xi., 422 ; sources of supply, xi., 424, 

 481 



Peterhead, its importance as a fishery 

 port, ii., 215; vi., 75 ; ix., 12; insuffi- 

 ciency of harbour space, ix., 12 ; 

 superiority over other ports on the E. 

 coast of Scotland, ix., 13 ; recom- 

 mended by Commission of 1858 as a 

 site for a harbour of refuge, ix., 13 ; 

 its position in regard to the Scotch 

 fisheries, ix., 13, 14 ; xi., 129 ; impor- 

 tance of the fishery carried on in the 

 vicinity, ix., 14; recommendations of 

 Commission of 1858 with respect to 

 the provision of funds for construct- 

 ing a harbour of refuge, ix. , 1 5 ; deci- 

 sion of the Government thereon, ix., 

 16 



Pettenkoffer, experiments by, to ascer- 

 tain the amount of carbonic acid 

 given off by a person under certain 

 conditions, i., 350 



Phagrus (the), regarded as the herald of 

 the rising Nile, by the people of 

 Syrene, iii., 37 



Ihallical fish, iii., 7, 20 



Philadelphia, one of the principal 

 depots for clams, v., 45 



Philanthropic fishes. (See Fishes in 

 Fable and Fairy Tale.} 



Phoenicians (the), believed to have 

 been the introducers into this country 

 of the seine or scan net, i., 287 ; their 

 factories and fishing stations, iv., 5 ; 

 Pliny's mention of these people as 

 great catchers of the tunny, vii. , 247 



Physeters, description of, by Olaus 

 Magnus in 1555, iii., 251. See also 

 Sperm WJiales. 



Physiology and Morphology, General, 

 of fishes, definition of these terms, 

 iv., 418; exhibits under this heading, 

 iv., 421 



Physiologists, chronological table of, i., 

 449 



Physoclistous fishes, descriptions of, 

 ii., 142, 147 



Pkysostomi, i., 160 ; ii., 134; viii., 235 



Phytina, Nordenskjold's, iv., 408 



Picard, Madame, a Parisian fishwife, 

 famed for her wit and poetic talents, 

 ii., 260 



Picked dog-fish. See Dog Fishes. 



Pickerel (Canadian), v., 148 



Pickle-herring, origin of the term, ix., 

 313 



Pickled fish, exported from Nor way, v., 

 293 



Pickled oysters, least hurtful to persons 

 of a phlegmatic temperament, i. , 430 



Piers and harbours, list of application 

 for grants in aid for the improvement 

 or construction of, vii., 92-94. See 

 also Harbours. 



" Pierres perdues" ix., 100 



Pike, anatomical details of family to 

 which it belongs, i., 165 ; ii., 138, 

 I39 r 54; genus, i., 166 ; ii., 138; 

 analysis of flesh, i. , 362, 364 ; early 

 mention of this fish by Rogers, i., 

 39 1 s 397 ; the pike in medicine, 

 i., 404 ; iii., 90 ; pike as food, 

 i., 431 ; ii., 73 ; hatching, ii., 

 71 ; breeding, ii., 73 ; vi., 217 ; 275 ; 

 eggs of pike, ii., 73 ; vi., 218 ; 

 their voracious appetite and pugna- 

 city, ii., 73, 431, 435; iii., 9; the 

 pike in fable, iii., 29; in heraldry, 

 iii., 67, 73; why they are necessary 

 in a carp pond, iv., 413; pike in 

 trout streams generally the finest, vi., 



