FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



metropolis, vii., 50; purification of 

 sewage by Mr. Sillar's patent, vii., 

 51, 52 ; presence of sewage in rivers 

 injurious to health, vii., 55 ; value of 

 the manure to be produced from sew- 

 age, vii., 57 



Sewell-Gana, Major, Chilian Commis- 

 sioner, remarks on seal fisheries of 

 Chili, vii., 170 

 Sexes, relations of the, in fish, viii., 



32 ; x., 20 



Sey-pollack, a local name for the coal- 

 fish, viii., 154 



Shad, migration of and means of 

 capture, i., 40; habit of frequenting 

 estuaries of rivers, i., 172; Venner's 

 description of, i., 424; artificial 

 propagation in the United States, ii., 

 8; v., 14, 80; internal formation of 

 the egg, ii., 19; its anatomy, ii., 135; 

 habits of, in India, ii., 476 ; fisheries 

 of United States, v. 19, 22, 26, 40- 

 42; does not feed at certain times, 

 vi-j 2 7S 5 popular belief that it leads 

 the shoals of herring, viii., 262 ; its 

 acclimatization in England recom- 

 mended, xi., 495 

 Shade afforded by forests, advantageous 



to fish, vii., 268, 277 

 Shadwell, proposed fish market there, 



ix., 164 



Shagreen, source of supply, ii., 159 

 Shakespeare, on mermaids, iii., 221 

 Shanny, or smooth blenny, its anatomy, 



i., 136 

 Shapes of fish, Polynesian legends as 



to, iii., 82, 83 

 Shark-fishing, remarks on, by Mr. Birk- 



beck, vii., 299 



Shark, its anatomy, i., 186 ; vi., 273 ; 

 sharks of India, ii., 158 ; this and 

 other predaceous fish more numerous 

 in the tropics, ii., 444 ; hooks used 

 in India for its capture, ii., 454 ; force 

 of character, iii., 9 ; occurrence in 

 fairy tales, iii., 20 ; its alleged cap- 

 ture by means of remora, iii., 26; 

 adopted by Fijians as tribal badge, 

 iii., 36 ; use in heraldry, iii., 69 ; re- 

 verence for, in the Fiji, Tongan and 

 other islands, iii., 80; Polyneanis 



legend about the shark, iii., 82; 

 sharks' teeth supposed to assist 

 children in teething, iii., 90; use as 

 food in China, v., 180, 181, viii., 

 314 ; species found at Port Jackson, 

 v -j 334 5 the large quantity on the 

 coasts of Western Africa a means 

 of creating a valuable industry, v., 

 463-466; peculiarities of the in- 

 testines, vi., 272 ; attacked by remora, 

 vi., 278 ; preys upon herrings, vi., 

 280, 292 



Shaw, his experiments at Edinburgh 

 in fish propagation, i., 521 



Shaw-Lefevre, Mr., M.P., his paper on 

 " Principles of Fishery Legislation," 

 iv., 83-106; statement as to wealth 

 of the Irish seas, vii., 79 



Shaw, Mr., remarks on mackerel fish- 

 ing, vi.,142 



Shea, Sir Ambrose, paper on " the 

 Fisheries, &c., of Newfoundland," 

 v., 225-246 



Sheat-fish or wels, description of, i., 

 2OI ; its abundance in the Danube, 

 ii., 138 ; possesses means of giving 

 electric shocks, ii., 162; peculiarities 

 of formation, ii., 473 ; eggs of, 

 carried about in the mouth of the male 

 fish until hatched, vi., 275 



Sheepshead, prices of, v., 9 



Sheepswool sponge of America, v., 51 



Sheffield, number of coarse fish anglers 

 in, vi., 208 



Sheikh, a sabbath observing fish, iii., 



35 



Shell- fish, Acts of Parliament relating 

 to, i., 245 ; analysis of flesh, i., 364; 

 their value as food, i., 429 ; xi., 419 ; 

 use in heraldry, iii., 75 ; crabs, 

 oysters, mussels, question of legisla- 

 tion for their protection, iv., 85, 1 08, 

 412 ; habits of, when spawning, iv., 

 349 ; desirability of a close season 

 for certain kinds valuable for their 

 shells, v., 384 ; their use as bait, xi., 

 419 y deleterious effects sometimes 

 attendant upon eating them, xi., 419 ; 

 quantities sold in London for food, 

 xi., 420 ; sources of supply, xi., 423, 

 424 ; desirability of establishment oi 



