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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Sea-hen, a name given in Scotland to 



the piper (one of the gurnards), viii., 



78 

 Sea-horse, description of, i., 177 j 



bony investment of body, ii., 252 ; 



its occurrence in mythology, iii., 19, 



84 ; in heraldry, iii, 72 

 Sea lamprey, viii., 320-324 

 Sea leopard, iii., II 

 Sea lice, much liked by bass, viii., 58 

 Sea-lions, peculiarities of the limbs, ii., 



178; iii., 27 



Sea lizard, and other sea myths, iii., 49 

 Sea luce, another name for the hake, 



viii., 163 

 Sea monsters, &c., iii., 19, 27, 30, 49, 



72, 84 



Sea mouse, iii., n 



Sea needle, another name for the gar- 

 pike, viii., 236 

 Sea otter, fisheries of the United States, 



ii., 177; v., 25, 26, 39 

 Sea parrot, iii., 12 

 Sea perches and other predaceous fish, 



more numerous in the tropics, ii., 



444 

 Sea pike, another name for the hake, 



viii., 163 



Sea scorpion, iii., II ; vi., 271 

 Sea-serpent, paper thereon by Mr. 



Henry Lee, iii., 378-440 

 Sea snail, classification of the, i., 132 

 Sea snakes, where found, ii., 176; 



abundant in Indian Ocean, iii., 379 

 Sea snipe, iii., II 

 Sea suckers, methods of depositing 



eggs, ii., 17 

 Sea swallow, iii., II 

 Sea trout, varieties, i., 163; Scotch 



fishing grounds for, ii., 377 ; autumn 



a good season for angling, ii., 418 ; 



its extermination in the Forth, vi., 



43; found in the Tweed, vi., 150 

 Sea unicorn, its occurrence in heraldry, 



iii., 72 

 Sea urchin, use in heraldry, iii., 75 ; as 



a weather prophet, iii., 89 ; an enemy 



to mussels, vi., 306 

 Seaside laboratories, construction of, in 



countries on the Continent, iv., 424, 



425 



Seaweeds, taken and consumed in 

 Japan, v., 192, 193, 195, 198 



Seaweeds of the British coast, vi., 276 



Sea wolf, name given to the bass by 

 the Greeks, viii., 58 



Seal, its anatomy, ii., 178; eaten by 

 our forefathers on fast-days, iii., 42; 

 statutes restricting its use as food, 

 iii., 46; its occurrence in heraldry, 

 iii., 69, 70; species of, frequenting 

 the coast of New South Wales, v., 

 349 ; their essentially gregarious na- 

 ture in high latitudes, vii., 156 ; mode 

 of killing them, vii., 165, 166 ; their 

 attention to parental duties, vii., 165 ; 

 habits, vii., 156, 157, 166; taken in 

 Magellan by shooting or clubbing, 

 vii., 1 66 ; names given to them at 

 different ages by hunters, vii., 166 ; 

 their affection for their young, vii., 

 166 ; breeding, vii., 167 ; value of 

 flesh as food, vii., 167; presence of 

 fat in considerable quantity when the 

 animal is in good condition, vii., 

 167 ; period of gestation, vii., 167 ; 

 excessive destruction likely to result 

 in their extermination, xiii., 136; 

 exceptions to this rule, xiii., 138 



Seal oil, its value, v. 141 ; quantity 

 produced annually, v., 143; method 

 of extracting, v., 234 



Seal-skins, number taken in a season, 

 vii., 161 ; value of, vii., 161 ; their 

 preservation, vii., 163; shipment of, 

 vii., 165 



Seaton, capture of pilchard at, vi., 131 



Seal fisheries : Greenland fishery, close 

 time prescribed, i., 248 ; seal fisheries 

 of the United States, v., 24, 25, 39 ; 

 xiii., 77; of Canada, v., 119, 141; 

 vii., 156-158; of Newfoundland, v., 

 232; vii., 158; xiii., 53, 54; of 

 Patagonia, vii., 159-156; number 

 of seal fishers employed, and mode 

 of payment, v., 234, 235; construc- 

 tion of nets used in Canadian waters, 

 vii., 157 ; cost of nets used in Canada, 

 . vii., 157 ; dangers and difficulties 

 attending capture of seals, vii., 159, 

 1 68 ; principal station for sealers in 

 Patagonia, vii., 160; privations to 



