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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Sand sole, another name for the lemon- 

 sole, viii., 231 



Sand sucker, a name given at Edinburgh 

 to the long rough dab, viii., 191 



Sander Rang, Captain, great cuttle seen 

 by him, iii., 363 



Sandwich Islands, salmon eggs exported 

 to, v., 70; the whale fishery, xiii., 



74 



Sandy Point, a station for sealers in 

 the Straits of Magellan, vii., 160, 165 



Saneels, a name given in the Moray 

 Firth to the lesser sand-launce, viii., 

 177 



San Francisco, head quarters of the 

 Pacific whaling fleets, v., 19 



Sankey Brook and Canal, report as to 

 their polluted condition, iv., 263 



Sapphirine gurnard. See Gurnards. 



Saprolegnia ferax, description of, ii., 

 390 ; vi., 9, 259 ; xi., 55, 67 ; is 

 the direct cause of salmon disease, 

 vi., n, 17 ; that of salmon similar to 

 the fungus on dead insects, vi., ii; 

 that from insects affects fish, vi., 13 ; 

 destroyed by salt water, vi., 14; 

 identical with aquarium fungus, vi., 

 14; either saprophytic or parasitic, 

 vi., 14, 17; modes of reproduction, 

 vi., 16; exists only in fresh water, 

 vi., 17 j has prevailed as an epidemic 

 within last few years, vi., 24; not 

 affected by drought or flood, vii., 268 



Saprophytes, definition of the term, 

 vi.,9 



Sardines, analysis of flesh, i. , 364 ; nets 

 used for, off Malabar, ii., 454; fish- 

 ery of Maine (United States), v., 8, 

 42 ; at Eastport (United States), v., 

 20 ; quantity taken in Japan, v., 192 ; 

 nets used for taking them in Spain, 

 v -> 356; their migration compared 

 with that of pilchards, vi., 144; 

 preyed upon by sharks, vi., 281 ; 

 young pilchards so termed when 

 tinned, viii., 286 ; fishery in Greece, 

 xiii., 32 ; in Italy, xiii., 38 ; in Spain, 

 xiii., 43; in Portugal, xiii., 48; in 

 France, xiii., 100 



Sarding, said to be synonymous with 

 pilchard, viii., 286 



Sarmiento, Father, on tunny fisheries, 

 vii., 247 



Sars, Professor G. O., his investiga- 

 tions in the Scandinavian Seas, iv., 

 9 ; remarks on abundance of cod off 

 Lofoten, iv., 15 ; discovery of micro- 

 scopic animals in vast numbers in sea 

 off Lofoten, vi., 283; his discoveries 

 with regard to the mode in which 

 fishes' eggs are deposited, x., 26, 

 1 06, 128, 172 ; his researches with 

 respect to the life history of the cod- 

 fish, x., 169 



Sattie, a name given at Aberdeen to 

 the dab, viii., 213 



" Saturday Magazine," extract from, on 

 Japanese mermaids, iii., 216 



Sauces for fish, vii., 13 



Saunders, Mr. J., remarks on harbour 

 accommodation, iv., 383 



Sauropsida, definition of the term, 

 viii., 6 



Saury or Saury-pike, description of, i., 

 1 66 ; large quantities taken at 

 certain seasons in the Australian seas, 

 v -j 36> 307; names and description 

 of the different species of this family, 

 v -j 33> 33 J 5 names given to this 

 fish, viii., 242; anatomical details, 

 viii., 242 ; varieties, viii., 242 ; habits, 

 viii., 243; means of capture, viii., 

 243 ; breeding, viii. , 244 ; value as 

 food, viii., 244; habitat, viii., 244; 

 size attained by it, viii., 245 



Savannah, market fleet at, v., 20 



Saving life at sea, inadequacy of pro- 

 vision now made for this, vii., 200 ; 

 2OI ; ocean going steamers insuffi- 

 ciently provided with boats, vii., 201 ; 

 necessity for improved apparatus for 

 launching, vii., 212; provisioning of 

 life-saving apparatus, vii., 213 



Saw-fish, discovery of, in fresh water, 

 ii., 91 ; prey upon herrings, vi., 281 



Saxony, development by zoologists of 

 fish industry there, iv., 411 



Sayer, Mr., statistics by, on railway and 

 steamboat charges, iv., 133, 137, 

 190, 193, 374 ; remarks by him on 

 proposal to attach curing places to 

 fish markets, iv., 137 ; on railway 



