ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



121 



217 ; spawning time, vi., 218 ; para- 

 sites infesting the pike, vi., 257 



Pike Fishing : remarkable catches, ii., 

 367, 368; Thames pike, ii., 408; 

 winter angling, ii., 429; "Red- 

 Spinner" on pike fishing, ii., 429- 

 440; spinning, ii., 431; iii., 477; 

 baiting, ii., 431, 438; iii., 479, 481, 

 484, 485 ; Chapman spinner, ii., 434; 

 Storr's flight, ii., 434; old-fashioned 

 theories, ii., 435 ; iii., 482; lines and 

 reels, ii., 435 ; iii., 478 ; striking, ii., 

 436 ; iii., 488, 489 ; trolling, ii., 437- 

 440 ; snap tackle, ii. , 440 ; iii. , 486 ; 

 Rods, iii., 477 ; likely places for cast- 

 ing, iii., 480 ; general tackle, iii., 483 ; 

 floats, iii., 485; paternostering, iii., 

 487 



Pike perch, or Zander, its acclimatisa- 

 tion, by the Duke of Bedford, i., 

 201 ; artificial hatching of this fish 

 in the United States, v., 14 ; question 

 of acclimatisation in England con- 

 sidered, vi., 50 



Pilchard, largely exported to Italy, i., 

 22; viii., 297; modes of cure, i., 

 23; ii., 227 ; mesh of net, i., 287 ; 

 iv., 312 ; means of capture, i., 288 ; 

 ii., 225, 226, 228; iv., 53, 63, 67; 

 vi., 135. !3 6 J viii., 291, 348; x., 

 388-390; xi., 137; "huers" or 

 "balkers," ii., 225; iv., 67; vi., 

 136; viii., 292; quantity exported in 

 1881, ii., 227; vi., 131, 134; viii., 

 295 ; xi., 137 ; pilchard oil, ii., 227 ; 

 viii., 297; Irish fishery, ii., 249; 

 habitat, vi., 131, 137 ; viii., 297 ; 

 French pilchard grounds, vi., 131, 

 145; value as food, vi., 132; viii., 

 296 ; size attained by this fish, vi., 

 131; viii., 298; x., 388; cure of 

 pilchards as sardines, vi., 132, 134; 

 x -> 393 5 Spanish pilchards, vi., 

 133 ; commercial value, vi., 133 ; 

 discussion on the pilchard fisheries, 

 vi., 138-146; x., 391-392; migra- 

 tions, vi., 137; viii., 288; anato- 

 mical details, viii., 286 ; x., 294, 

 295 ; varieties, viii., 287 ; habits, viii., 

 287; x., 383, 385 ; alleged falling 

 off in the number captured, viii., 



289-291 ; restrictions on fishing with 

 drift-nets, viii., 292 ; " jowters," viii., 

 293 ; largely exported to Spain, viii., 

 294 ; breeding, viii., 295 ; diseases 

 and causes of destruction, viii., 296 ; 

 value of this fish for other purposes 

 than for food, viii. , 297 ; geographical 

 distribution, x., 382 ; food, x., 385 ; 

 quality of flesh, x., 390; "mari- 

 nated" pilchards, x., 391 ; mode of 

 curing pilchards as "fumados," x., 

 392; value of pilchard oil, x.,393; 

 names given to this fish, x., 393; 

 general description, x., 394 ; where 

 principally caught, xi., 137, 178 ; 

 how to be distinguished from the 

 herring, xi., 177 



Piles and fishgarths, early regulations 

 respecting, i., 213 



Piling of fish en masse objectionable, 

 vii., 224, 228 



Pilot-fish, description of, and why so 

 called, i., 115 ; fables concerning, iii., 

 27 ; feeds on parasites of other 

 fishes, vi., 278 



Pilotage (compulsory), remarks on ad- 

 vantages of, iv., 401 



Piltock, a local name for the coal-fish, 

 viii., 154 



Pincher, a name given in the north of 

 Ireland (Portrush) to the sand-smelt, 

 viii., 109 



Pinchon, Dom, a fifteenth century monk, 

 who practised pisciculture, i., 521 



"Pinkey" boat, xiii., 116 



Pinnipedia, name given to a group of 

 seals with peculiar webbed limbs, ii., 

 178 



Pipe-fishes, anatomical details of the 

 family to which they belong, i., 176 ; 

 ii., 152; general description, i., 176; 

 eggs of, ii., 1 8 



Piper (the), anatomical details, viii., 

 78 j other names by which known, 

 viii. , 78 ; habits, viii. , 78 ; means of 

 capture, viii., 78; habitat, viii., 78; 

 as food, viii., 78. See also Gurnards. 



Piscatorial franchise, rights, &c., i.,49l. 

 See also Privileges. 



Piscatorial Society (the), iii., 172 



Pisciculture, special list of works on 



