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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



iii., 685; how defined, iv., 419; 

 how represented in the Exhibition, 

 iv., 421. See also Fish Culture. 



Pisciculturist (the), subjects considered 

 by him, viii., 5 



Piscinas, salt water, viii., 40; treatise 

 by Columella on their management, 

 x., 50-58 



Placoid scales, viii., 10 



Plaice, genus to which it belongs, i., 

 158; x., 260; modes of capture, i., 

 254; iv., 53; viii., 206; x., 265; 

 quality of flesh, i., 424; x., 266; 

 value as food, ii., 7, 20 ; viii., 

 207; spawning, ii., 15; iv., 331; 

 viii., 206 ; x., 264; may be kept in 

 vivaria, ii., 93; anatomical details 

 of the family to which it belongs, 

 ii., 146 ; viii., 204 ; x., 230 ; its 

 occurrence in fable, iii., 55 ; de- 

 struction of immature fish, iv., 330; 

 vii., 327 ; size attained by this fish, 



iv., 333 ; x -> 265 ; food of > vi - 288 ; 



x., 262-264; the appearance of the 

 " masked crab " in particular locali- 

 ties, denoting abundance of this fish, 

 vi., 367 ; names given to it, vii., 

 315; viii., 204; x., 267; North 

 Sea fishery, vii., 317; varieties, of, 

 viii., 205 ; habits, viii., 205 ; x., 261 ; 

 geographical distribution, viii. , 207 ; 

 x., 261 ; life history, viii., 207; 

 commercial value, x. , 266 ; general 

 description, x., 267 



Plane trees, vii., 271 



Plash fleuk, a name given in the Moray 

 Firth to the plaice, viii., 204 



Playfair, Sir Lyon, M.P., on the pollu- 

 tion of rivers, iv., 262, 273 



Pleuronectida (flat fish), i., 156; iv., 

 15 ; vi., 364 ; viii., 181-235 ; xi., 

 230-294 ; of New South Wales, v. , 

 328, 329 



Plimsoll, Mr., comparison of, railway 

 rates for carriage of fish and of coals, 

 iv., 121, 123 



Pliny, monster polypus mentioned by 

 him, iii., 355 ; on the enormous 

 quantities of tunnies caught by the 

 Phoenicians in ancient times, vii., 

 247 



Plunging-bucket invented by Mr. Fer- 

 guson, ii., 81 



Plymouth, vessels employed, i., 511; 

 viii. , 338 ; fisheries carried on there, 

 iv., 42, 57, 347 ; vi., 121 ; viii., 338 ; 

 size of mesh of net used there, iv., 314 ; 

 system of apprenticeship not general, 

 viii., 338 ; injury caused to fisheries 

 by river pollution, xi., 311 



Poaching of fish carried on to large 

 extent, ii., 382 ; "snatching " at Rich- 

 mond, ii., in ; the village poacher, 

 iii., 104 ; close-time poaching, vi., 

 165 ; salmon poaching in Scotland, 

 vi., 189 ; viii., 534 ; mussel poaching, 

 vi., 308-310 ; laws respecting poach- 

 ing, viii., 503, 533 



" Pocked " crabs, why so called, vi., 

 368 



Pocket-fish, name given to the angler, 

 i., 105 



Pocomoke Sound (U.S.), destruction 

 of oyster beds, v., 61 ; xiii., 136 



Podlie, poodler, or podling, destruction 

 of young salmon by this fish, vi., 

 153 ; a local name for the coal-fish, 

 viii., 154 



" Poggies," used as bait for mackerel, 

 v., 138 



Poisoning of fish, owing to condition of 

 water, ii., 97 ; capture of fish, by the 

 use of poison, in India, ii., 491 ; 

 evils attending the use of poisonous 

 materials, vii., 252 



Poisonous fish (sacred), iii., 36 



Polans, included in the Salmonidtz, 

 ii., 134 



Pole, anatomical details of family and 

 genus to which it belongs, i., 158; 

 viii., 211 ; x., 271 ; other names by 

 which known, viii., 211 ; x., 272, 

 274; varieties, viii., 212; breeding, 

 viii., 212; habits, viii., 212; x., 

 272; value as food, viii., 212; x., 

 273 ; means of capture, viii., 212 ; x., 

 273; habitat, viii., 212; x., 272; 

 size attained by this fish, viii., 213 ; 

 spawning, x., 273 ; food of this fish, 

 x., 273; commercial value, x., 274; 

 general description, x., 274 



" Pole or hammer " trawl, i., 277 



