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137 



porting ova to distant places, xi., 26 ; 

 causes of loss of eggs in transit, xi., 

 26 ; destruction of young fish by 

 larger ones, xi., 28, 30, 33, 46, 50; 

 rearing of young fish in boxes, xi., 

 28 ; artificial not so good as natural 

 food for young fish, xi., 29 ; value 

 of water weeds in ponds for rearing 

 fish, xi., 29, 36, 48, 49; stocking of 

 ponds and watercourses, xi., 31-34; 

 varieties of salmonidge most suitable 

 for English waters, xi., 34 ; protection 

 of waters against "netting," xi., 36 ; 

 kind of water most suitable, xi., 41 ; 

 treatment of water before using it in 

 hatching apparatus, xi., 41, 43; 

 hatching-house, xi., 42 ; water most 

 suitable for rearing fry, xi., 42 ; 

 necessity of giving food with regu- 

 larity, xi., 46; directions for feeding 

 fish in nursery and stock ponds, xi., 

 48-50 ; species and varieties recom- 

 mended for cultivation, xi., 490- 



493 



Salpse, diatoms swallowed by, vi., 277 

 Salt, its high price in India and the 

 effect thereof upon fisheries, ii., 443, 

 451, 461, 463, 464; salt earth, use of 

 legalised in India, ii., 447; statistics 

 as to sale of salt in Madras presi- 

 dency, ii., 448; amount used in 

 India for curing a given quantity of 

 fish, ii., 450; cheapness of, in Be- 

 loochistan and the Portuguese settle- 

 ments, in India, ii., 451 ; consequent 

 advantages to contiguous British ter- 

 ritory, ii., 451, 455 ; quantity pro- 

 duced in Japan, v., 192, 193 ; largely 

 made by evaporation in the Bahamas, 

 v., 371 ; value of salt imported into 

 the Gold Coast Colony, 1878-1881, v., 

 461 ; used for preserving sealskins, 

 vii., 163 



Salt fish, trade in this commodity in 

 India, ii., 446 ; statement of inland 

 trade in India, ii., 451 ; imported 

 into England from Newfoundland 

 and Norway, iv., 118, 119; quantity 

 produced in Japan, v., 192 ; exported 

 from Norway, v., 293 ; production of 

 salt fish in Spain, v., 359 ; in Holland, 



vii., 285 ; in Iceland and the Faroe 

 Islands, vii., 295 



Salt-pits of San Fernando, v., 359 



Salt-water fish, sometimes found in fresh 

 water, viii., 121 



Salt-water fluke, a name given at Edin- 

 burgh to the dab, viii., 213 



Salt-water lakes of Spain, v., 360 



Saltcoats, a seat of the herring fishery 

 at the beginning of the I9th century, 

 xi., 108 



Salted cod, a name given in Westmore- 

 land to the cod, viii., 128 



Salted codfish (klipfisk), recipes for 

 cooking, v., 303 



Salters, number employed in Scotch 

 herring fishery, vi., 75 



Saltfleet, whelks taken at, vi., 303 



"Salting in bulk" of herrings, vi., 



83 



Saltoun, Lord, aid rendered by him to- 

 wards construction of harbour at 



Fraserburgh, ix., 16 

 Saltpans used in China, models of, v., 



178 



Salvage of nets, ix., 238 

 Salvage, state of the law on the subject, 



viii., 403 ; provisions of International 



Convention of the Hague, viii., 415 

 Sannazzaro, Jacopo, fishing eclogues by, 



i-> 504 

 Sand-dab, a name given at Redcar 



(Yorkshire) to the dab, viii., 215 

 Sand eel-bill, a name given in Ayrshire 



to the greater weever, viii., 80 

 Sand-eels, description of, i., 154 ; as 



food for salmon, vi., 152, 184; for 



herring, vi., 283; for cod, vi., 285; 



viii., 174, I77;xi., 485 

 Sand fleuk, a name given in Edinburgh 



to the smear-dab, viii., 208 

 Sand, a possible cause of irritation in 



salmon disease, vi., 4; its deposit in 



harbours, ix., 101 

 Sand-launce as food for cod, v., 125, 



126 ; as food for herrings, vi., 282, 



284; viii., 174-181 

 Sand-smelt, description of, i., 141 ; 



viii., 109-112 ; called smelt where 



the true smelt is unknown, viii., 109 ; 



good bait for haddock, viii., in 



