ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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shell-fish farms, xi., 425 ; list of shell- 

 fish which might be cultivated, xi., 

 478-485 ; methods of culture, xi., 

 478-480 



Shells of Japan, v., 195 



Shells of the Bahamas, large quantities 

 obtained and the value of the exports, 

 v., 369 



Sherringham, a seat of the whelk 

 fishery, vi., 303 



Shetland Islands, cod fishers, iv., 66; 

 increase of herrings at fishing grounds, 

 vi., 8 1 ; use of the trawl-net recom- 

 mended for herring fishing, xi., 124; 

 time of commencing the herring 

 fishery there, xi., 130 ; growing im- 

 portance of this fishety, xi., 139; 

 description of boats used there, xi., 

 140 



Sheward, Mr., remarks on storm warn- 

 ings, vii., 192 



Shiel fishery district, opinion on for- 

 mation of Fishery Boards, vi., 196 



Shields, number of vessels and fisher- 

 men employed in the district, iv., 42 ; 

 fisheries carried on there, viii. , 334 ; 

 vessels employed, viii., 334 ; payment 

 of crews, viii., 334 



Shields, North, its participation in the 

 herring fishery, xi., 132 



Shiners, name given to the young of 

 mackerel, viii., 83 



Shingle, its deposit at entrances to 

 harbours, ix., 102 



Shipping of crews of fishing-boats, 

 agreements, viii., 355 ; effect of 

 present law, viii., 381 ; provisions of 

 Merchant Shipping Bill, 1882, viii., 

 425 



Ships, probably first used in connection 

 with fishing, viii., 4 



Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners 

 Society, rules, &c., iv., 181 ; benefits 

 derived therefrom, iv., 189, 192 



Shoaling of natural bays, ix., 103 



Shoals offish, migration of, vi., 130 



" Shoe " of trawl-iron, particulars rela- 

 ting to, i., 256 



Shooting of fish in India (with bows 

 and arrows), ii., 458 



Shore fisheries, United States, negroes 



employed in, v., 22 ; their value, 

 v., 26 



Shoreham, fisheries carried on there, 

 viii., 338 ; vessels employed, viii., 

 338 



Shove-net used for shrimping, descrip- 

 tion of, i., 293 



Shrewsbury and Severn Angling Society, 

 iii., 161 



Shrewsbury, Earl of, introduction of 

 Bill for prevention of pollution of 

 rivers, iv., 285 



Shrimp fishery, quantity taken in Essex, 

 with value, i., 47 ; description of 

 shrimping net, i., 293 ; x., 423; de- 

 scription of shrimping boats, &c., i., 

 294 ; value of shrimps as food, i., 

 431 ; value of the fishery, ii., 246; 

 v., 25, 27 ; causes destruction of fry, 

 iv., 16, 319, 328, 332, 350; vii., 

 311, 331; trawling for shrimps in 

 Thames and Medway, iv. , 56 ; More- 

 cambe Bay shrimping trade, iv., 95 ; 

 means used for catching and curing 

 shrimps in West Africa, v., 444-446 ; 

 description of the eye in this animal, 

 y i-> 356; proposal to prohibit use 

 of shrimp net at certain seasons, x., 

 424 



Siberia, diseased fish in rivers of, vi., 7 



Sicily, use of signal station for fisheries, 

 v., 145 ; no animal life discovered 

 at bottom of sea off S.E. coast of, 

 vi., 277 ; floods and droughts in, 

 caused by want of forests, vii., 267 

 j Side channels, for reducing waves in 



harbours, ix., 74 

 ! Sidon, fishing village of, dried and salt- 



fish trade, iv., 4 



; Sierra Leone, population of,, and pro* 

 portion of fishermen, v., 433 ; imports 

 offish, v., 434; of salt, v., 434 

 i Siggins, Mr., remarks on flavour of 



Ramsgate mackerel, vi., 22 

 Sight, organs of, in fish, viii., 23; x., 



10-14 

 Sign-boards, fish devices, &c., iii., 77, 



79 

 Signal-ships, proposal to establish in 



Atlantic, vii., 185, 192 

 Signal stations, use of, in fishing, v., 144 

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