ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



139 



rates for fish, iv., 374-376 ; on supply 

 of fresh fish to London, v., 247, 250 



Say-nay, a name given in Lancashire to 

 the lampern, viii., 325 



Scabbard-fish, its anatomy, i., 123 



Scad, anatomical details, i., 114; 

 viii. 99 ; value as food, i., 115 ; viii., 

 102; size attained by it, i., 115; 

 viii., 103 ; names by which known, 

 viii., 99 ; varieties, viii., 100 ; 

 habits, viii., 100; means of capture, 

 viii., IOI ; baits, viii., IOI ; breed- 

 ing, viii., 101 ; uses, viii., 102 ; 

 habitat, viii., 102 



Scaleless fish unwholesome, therefore 

 sacred, iii., 37 



Scales, viii., 9 ; names given to various 

 forms, viii., 10; x., 5 



Scallop, in heraldry, iii., 67 ; where 

 found, xi., 418, 481 ; use as bait, 

 xi., 418 



Scallop fisheries, of United States, v., 

 25 ; their value, v. , 27 



Scaly Turtle, the. See Turtles. 



Scammon, Captain, U.S., on whales 

 spouting, iii., 261 ; work on Marine 

 Mammalia, vii., 167 



Scandinavian fishermen in the United 

 States,v., 21 



Scandinavian myths, folk-lore, &c., iii., 

 6, 10, 32, 62, 83 



Scarborough, size of mesh of net used 

 at, iv., 314; fisheries carried on 

 there, viii. , 334 ; vessels employed, 

 viii., 334; payment of crews, viii., 

 334 ; its inaccessibility at low water, 

 ix., 5 ; its importance as a fishery 

 port, ix., 255 



Scarus, introduced into Italy by Optalus, 



"., 5 



Scattan or sgadan, a name given in the 

 Moray Firth to the herring, viii., 248 



Schaffner and Helbig process, for pre- 

 venting pollution of rivers, iv. , 264 



Schelde River, fishermen from hamlets 

 round, v., 87 ; salinity of delta 

 affected by dam, v., 87 ; observations 

 as to salinity and temperature of 

 water, v., 94; age of oysters pro- 

 ducing eggs in, v. , 109 ; good situ- 

 ation for oyster culture, v., no 



" Schiller," loss of the, vii., 200 



Schlei. See Tench, Gold. 



Schliemann, Dr., discoveries at Mycenae, 

 iii., 246 



Schnapper, an Australian fish, general 

 description and habits, v., 313, 314 



Schroder, experiments on fish preserva- 

 tion, vii., 220 



"Schulls" (shoals of pilchards), methods 

 of capturing, ii., 224 



Schwann, observations on putrefaction 

 of animal substances, vii., 219, 220 



Scicena (Indian), its anatomy, i., 121 ; 

 peculiarity of the stomach, vi., 271 



Sci&nidce, immense quantities found at 

 certain seasons of the year, v., 306, 

 307 ; a valuable family of food fishes, 

 v., 318 



Scientific collections exhibited at the 

 International Fisheries Exhibition, 

 iv., 408, 412 



Scientific inquiry in relation to fish 

 culture and fisheries, iv., 408, 429 



Scientific research, its influence on 

 development of fisheries, ix., 211 ; 

 State aid towards such research, ix., 

 215, 218 



Scientific results of the International 

 Fisheries Exhibition, iv., 424, 428 



Scientific results of the exhibition, dis- 

 cussion on, iv., 427-444 



Scilly, a port for mackerel boats, vi., 

 125 



Science, cause of public indifference to, 

 in the United Kingdom, iv., 410 



Scina, Signor Domenico, verses by, on 

 the dressing of tunny, i., 479 



Sekizawa Akekio, his paper on " Fish 

 Culture in Japan," x., 64 



Sclerodermi, or file fishes, anatomy of, 

 i., 180 



Sclerodermi (New South Wales), pecu- 

 liarities of this family, v., 333 



Scombrida, or mackerel tribe, anatomy 

 of, i., 108 ; their habits, ii., 147 ; abun- 

 dance of fish of this family in the 

 Australian Seas, v., 306,307 ; groups 

 comprised in this family, v., 320 



Scopelid<z t general description of this 

 family of food fishes (New South 

 Wales), v., 330 



