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across the North American continent, 

 ii., 46 ; statistics of this Pacific in- 

 dustry, v. , 32 ; extraordinary vitality 

 of this fish, xi., 490 



Quotations from the poets: Armstrong, 

 John, iii., 663 ; Browne, Moses, iii., 

 662 ; Browne, William, iii. , 645 ; 

 Bunyan, iii., 653; Byron, iii., 266; 

 Chaucer, iii., 640; Cotton, iii., 650; 

 Dennys, John, iii. , 639 ; Donne, 

 Dr. , iii. , 647 ; Dray ton, Michael, 

 iii., 641; Gray, iii., 656; Gower, 

 iii., 640; Holmes, O..W., iii., 284; 

 Huckell (Rev. J.), iii., 665 ; Milton, 

 iii., 192, 645; Montgomery, iii., 

 266; Pope, iii., 124, 268, 656; 

 Quarles, iii., 641 ; Sabie, iii., 641 ; 

 Shakespeare, iii., 655 ; Spenser, 

 iii., 640; Stoddart, T. T., iii., 667 ; 

 Thomson, iii., 660; Vaughan, H., 

 iii., 646; Waller, iii., 652; Walton, 

 Izaak, iii., 647; Wilson, Prof., iii., 

 666 ; Wotton, Sir Henry, iii., 651 



Quoy and Gaimard, report of a great 

 calamary seen by them in the Atlantic 

 Ocean, iii., 363 



R. 



Rabbi Izaak, of Corbeil, his prohibition 

 of barnacle-geese as food, iii., 288 



Rabbit-fish, or "King of the Her- 

 rings." See Arctic Chimera. 



Rabbit-fish, a name given to the 

 streaked gurnard, viii., 72 



Races, roosts or overfalls, how caused, 

 ix. , 63 ; their effect in breaking the 

 force of waves, ix., 64-66 



Raffle net, designed for use in ponds 

 and streams, i., 503 



Railway Companies, their liability for 

 loss of fish carried at owner's risk, 

 iv., 372 



Railways, railway companies and fish- 

 eries, suggestions with reference 

 thereto, i., 70; railway companies 

 and angling clubs, iii., 167, 169 ; 

 effect of railways in increasing the 

 trade in fish, iv., 28, 87 ; vii., 306 ; 

 ix., 163 ; rates for carriage of fish, 



iv., 121-125, IS 1 -^ I44-H6, 148, 

 169, 190, 192, 307, 356-403; vi., 

 87, 316 ; vii., 85, 128, 131-133, 307, 

 329; x., 446-448; influence of rail- 

 ways on fisheries in the United 

 States, v., 7; railway communica- 

 tion between the several fisheries of 

 Canada, v., 132; construction of a 

 railroad in Newfoundland, and its 

 satisfactory results, v., 242 ; influence 

 of railways on fisheries in Sweden, v. , 

 258 ; extension of railway accommo- 

 dation in Ireland, vii., 97 ; amount of 

 fish brought to London by rail in 

 1 88 1, ix., 241 ; comparative cost of 

 carriage by rail and by steam carrier, 

 x -> 439> 45i; difference of rate for 

 " prime " and " offal " fish, x., 448 ; 

 reduction of rates possible, x., 449 ; 

 cost of carriage for long and short 

 distances, x., 449 ; difference of 

 charges by various companies, x., 

 450; lowest existing rate, x., 451; 

 possible effect of low rates on price of 

 fish, x., 451 ; reduction of quantity of 

 marketable fish caused by high rates 

 of carriage, x., 452; complaints of 

 rough handling, delay, use of dirty 

 trucks, &c., x., 452 ; special kinds of 

 trucks used for conveyance of fish, x., 

 452 ; advantages to be derived from 

 the use of refrigerating vans, x., 453- 

 456 ; total quantity of fish carried by 

 rail in 1881, x., 466; question of 

 rates a difficult one, x. , 467 ; table 

 of railway rates, x. , 468 ; necessity for 

 improvement of vans used for carrying 

 fish, x., 467 ; value of railways as a 

 means of conveying fish to distant 

 markets, xi., 124; benefits derived 

 by them from the herring fishery, 

 xi., 213; facilities afforded by railway 

 companies to persons at a distance 

 desirous of visiting the Exhibition, 

 xiii., 258 



Rainbow trout, another name for the 

 California trout, v., 69 



Rainfall, how influenced by forests, vii., 

 266 



Raleigh, Sir Walter, his estimate of 

 the number of ships and persons 



