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which hunters are exposed, vii., 164 ; 

 mode of killing seals at Magellan, 

 vii., 1 66 ; future prospects of the 

 fisheries, vii., 167, 170 ; use of steam 

 vessels, vii., 167 ; development of the 

 fisheries, vii, 170; international con- 

 vention respecting them, ix., 194; 

 protection of seals probably a fit 

 subject for legislation, ix., 208 ; estab- 

 lishment of a close time for seals, ix., 

 287 ; the New South Wales fishery, 

 xiii., 26 ; the Greenland fishery, xiii., 

 81. See also Dutch Sea Fisheries. 



Sedentary species of fish, liable to ex- 

 haustion by over fishing, vii., 245 



Seine fishing, regulations as to, i., 223, 

 239; seine-nets, their history, i., 287; 

 varieties and mode of using them, 

 i., 288, 292, 513 ; iv., 434 ; vi., 280, 

 288; viii., 46; ix., 231; x., 344- 

 347 ; " seining " for herrings in Loch 

 Fyne, ii., 218 ; for pilchards in Corn- 

 wall, ii., 224; iv., 67; vi., 133, 

 J 35 > viii' 348 ; demand for the 

 prohibition of seine nets, and for 

 restriction of their use, iv., 86, 107, 

 319 ; attempt to put a stop to seining 

 in Scotland, iv., 101 ; seining cause 

 of destruction of small fish, iv., 318, 

 338 ; objections to use of these nets, 

 iv., 318; their prohibition in France, 

 iv., 319; seine-net fishing in Canada 

 for caplin and sable launce, v., 126; 

 for herrings, v., 135; regulations as 

 to, v., 155 ; seine-net fishing for 

 mackerel, vi., 126, 127 ; Acts passed 

 for protection of seine-net fishing, 

 ix., 198; ix., 246, 278; disputes 

 between "drifters" and "seiners," 

 ix., 198, 231 ; suggested restrictions, 

 x., 424; seine nets the oldest form 

 of nets of which any record exists, 

 xiii., 295 



Seir fish, use of drift-nets for catching, 

 in India, ii., 454 



Selden, John, his work on " Mare 

 Clausum," ix., 471 



Select Committee on harbours of refuge, 

 iv., 378 



Selenostomus. See Pipe-fishes. 



Self purification of rivers, vii., 44, 45, 47 

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Selwyn, Admiral Jasper, on insufficient 



boat accommodation on passenger 



steamers, vii., 202 

 Semeyns, Meynert, his work on the 



Dutch herring fishery, ix., 345, 356 

 Senior, Major H. W. J., sea serpent 



seen by, iii., 423 

 Senior, William paper on " Angling 



in Great Britain," ii., 359; remarks 



on coarse fish culture, vi., 233 

 Sepia, or cuttle fish, fragrance of, iii., 



71? its construction, iii., 336, 340; 



its intelligence and timidity, iii., 337 ; 



its source of locomotive power, iiL, 



337; habits, iii., 343; spawn, iii., 



347 ; size, iii., 354 

 September, fishing in the month of, ii., 



417 

 Serpentine, suggested introduction of 



black bass into, vi., 228 

 Serranus, or comber, its anatomy, i., 



86 

 Sessile-eyed Crustacea, how defined, 



vi-, 355 

 Sethe, a local name for the coal-fish, 



viii., 154 

 Set-net, description of, and how used 



i., 299; viii., 48 

 Seven-eyes, a name given to the lam 



pern, viii., 324 

 Seven -holes, a name given to the sea 



lamprey, viii., 320 

 *' Several " fisheries, definition of, i., 



21 1 ; question of granting them con- 

 sidered, v., 99 

 Severn Fisheries Board, exhibition of 



putts and putchers by, i., 221 

 Severn oyster fisheries, details as to, 



iv., 71 

 Severn, salmo sebago suitable for, vi., 



50 



Sewage question, ii., 338-345; Com- 

 mission of Inquiry on London sew- 

 age, ii., 343; destruction of fish by 

 sewage fungus, iv., 294; vii., 43; 

 injury done to river at Hereford by 

 means of sewage, vii., 41 ; methods of 

 purifying sewage, vii., 49 ; difficulties 

 in starting sewage farms, vii., 49; 

 land suitable for such farms, vii., 49; 

 sewage farms impracticable for the 



