ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



123 



Police, regulations suggested for pre- 

 serving order at sea fisheries, i., 70 ; 

 power of the Scotch Fishery Board 

 to make police regulations, i., 242; 

 proposals at the Hague Conference 

 respecting, i., 243 



Pollack or whiting-pollack, eggs of, ii., 

 87 ; anatomical details of the family 

 and genus to which it belongs, ii., 

 142; viii., 158-159; x., 167, 168; 

 value as food, iv., 21 ; viii., 162; 

 x., 212 ; names given to it, viii., 158 ; 

 x., 213; habits, viii., 159; x., 209- 

 211 ; mode of capture, viii., 160-161 ; 

 x., 212; baits, viii., 161 ; breeding, 

 viii., 162; x., 211 ; uses, viii., 163 ; 

 geographical distribution, viii., 163 ; 

 x., 208; food, x., 211 ; size attained 

 by this fish, x., 212; commercial 

 value, x., 213 ; general description, 

 x., 214 



Pollan, close season for, i., 229 ; found 

 in Lough Neagh, ii., 379 



Pollock, Frederick, paper on "The 

 Fishery Laws," i., 205, 250 



Pollution of rivers, enormous injury to 

 fish caused by, ii., 58, 320, 338; 

 viii., 54; pollution by refuse from 

 paper mills, ii., 98, 319; vi., 155; 

 from dye works, ii., 98 ; by sulphuric 

 acid, ii., 98, 340 ; effects of pollution by 

 sheep-dip, ii. , 99 ; by artificial manure, 

 ii., 99 ; by mud, ii., 100 ; by sewage 

 matter, ii., 101 ; vi., 6; by sawdust, ii., 

 101 ; by chloride of lime, ii., 319 ; by 

 tin-plate works, ii., 319 ; by collieries, 

 " 3 1 9> 3395 serious effects of pol- 

 lutions on health and trade, ii., 338- 

 345 ; means of remedy for pollutions, 

 ii., 338-345 ; liquid and solid pollu- 

 tions, ii., 339; pollutions by china 

 clay works, ii., 339 ; pollutions of 

 rivers in South Wales, ii., 340 ; pol- 

 lution by alkali, ii., 341 ; by grease, 

 ii., 341 ; by tanneries, ii., 341 ; by 

 soap works, ii., 341 ; by wool works, 

 ii., 341 ; legal difficulties in dealing 

 with pollutions, ii., 343 ; pollution of 

 the Thames, ii., 343 ; vi., 179; ix., 

 169 ; of the Tyne, ii., 343 ; paper on 

 " River Pollutions " by Mr. Barring- 



ton Kennett, iv., 248-291 ; four chief 

 causes of pollutions, iv., 249 ; grouped 

 list of various industries which cause 

 pollution, iv. , 250 ; pollution of the 

 Calder, iv., 256 ; of the Irwell, iv., 

 257 ; pollutions in Scotland, iv., 258 ; 

 remedies proposed, iv., 261-278; pol- 

 lutions by flax-steeping and bleaching, 

 iv., 270; paraffin, petroleum and tar 

 works, iv. , 272 ; legislation concern- 

 ing, iv., 281-291 ; ix., 167 ; discussion 

 on, iv., 291-304 ; remarks on river pol- 

 lutions by Colonel Leach, iv., 291 ; by 

 Mr. Baldwin Latham, iv., 293; by 

 Mr. C. N. Cresswell, iv., 296 ; by Mr. 

 Hanson, iv., 303 ; effect on Salmon 

 fisheries, vi., 155, 164, 165, 189; 

 viii., 503 ; ix., 167 ; suggestions for 

 improvement of law thereon, viii., 

 524; effect of pollutions upon fish 

 life, xiii., 158; system of purifying 

 polluted water, xiii., 159. See also 

 Preservation of Fisk, &>c. 



Polynemi, means of capture, ii., 454 



Polynemidce, scarcity of this family on 

 the coast of New South Wales, v., 319 



Polynesian folk-lore, legends connected 

 with fish, &c., iii., 6, 15, 18, 31, 32, 

 39, 80, 81, 82 



Polyodon, ii., 156; vi., 278 



" Polyolbion," Drayton's, extract from, 

 i-, 405 



Polypterus, anatomical details of, ii., 

 154 



Pompano, extravagant prices paid for, 

 in the United States, v., 9 



Pompilus, or sailor's pilot fish, iii., 27 



Pond fishes, names of, ii., 72, 79 ; as 

 food, ii., 67-68 



Ponder, Mr., hatching salmon for the 

 Thames, ii., 349 



Ponds, construction of, for fish-breeding 

 purposes, ii., 27-32, 69-71 ; conti- 

 nental trout ponds, ii., 59 ; suggested 

 establishment of fish breeding ponds, 

 iv., 438 ; vi., 232 ; Scotch eel ponds, 

 iv., 438 ; pond systems of cultivation 

 of fish, in vogue in various countries, 

 vi., 215, 216, 217 ; owners of ponds 

 advised to cultivate fish therein, vi, 

 242, 243 



