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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE- 



Signals, for fishing-boats, ix., 239 

 Signals for storm warnings description 



of, vii., 179 



Signals used by fishing fleets, vii., 321 

 Silk works, pollution of rivers by, iv., 



269 

 Sillar, Mr., experiments in purifying 



foul water, vii., 51 ; remarks on 



utilisation of sewage, vii., 63 

 Siller-fish, a name given in the Moray 



Firth to the common sea-bream, viii., 



68 ; and the bib, viii., 148 

 Siller-fluke, a name given at Aberdeen 



to the brill, viii., 199 

 Sillock, a local name for the coal-fish, 



viii., 154 



Silt, its deposit in harbours, ix., IOI 

 Siluris giants^ attempts to introduce 



into British rivers unsuccessful, ii., 



79 



Siluroid family, abundance in the 

 Danube, ii., 138; peculiar way of 

 hatching eggs, vi., 275 

 Silurus. See Sheat-fish. 

 Silting-up of rivers, iv., 249, 255 

 Silver bream. See White Bream. 

 Silver bream, an Australian fish, v., 312 

 Silver or freshwater eel, its peculiar 



habits, i., 173 

 Silver gar, artificial hatching of, in the 



United States, v., 15 

 "Silver Pits" fishing grounds, distance 

 from shore, ii., 234; abundance of 

 fish there, iv., 55, 56 ; falling off of 

 the sole-fishing there, iv., 343, 348 ; 

 a rendezvous for fishing fleets, vii., 

 322 



Silver-sides, a local name for the sand- 

 smelt, viii., 109 

 Silver spots, or argentines, anatomy of, 



i., 160 



Silvered pups (young seals), vii., 166 

 Sim, G., an observer of food fishes, vi., 

 268 ; observations on the herring, vi., 

 284 

 Sim, G., prize essay on "the Food of 



Fishes," xi., 501-548 

 Simpson, R. J., remarks upon diseased 



trout, vi., 258 



Sims, Mr. (Hull), remarks on destruc- 

 tion of immature fish, iv., 346; re- 



marks on mode of trawling, vii., 

 326 



Sind, its fishermen, ii., 158, 463 ; duty 

 upon salt there, ii., 446, 450 ; cost of 

 nets, ii., 454 ; tax on boats, ii., 460 ; 

 traps not used there, ii., 488 

 " Singapore," loss of the, vii., 205 

 Single boating system, waste of fish 



caused by, vii., 323 

 Skagen, fishing grounds of, v., 258 

 Skate, seldom seen in west end shops, 

 i., 62; anatomical description, i., 

 192; x., 410; this and other pre- 

 daceous fish more numerous in the 

 tropics, ii., 444 ; not eaten by the 

 Irish, in., 88 ; considered unfit for 

 food in United States, v., 18 ; and 

 in New South Wales, v. , 334 ; crimp- 

 ing of skate, vi., 114 ; preys upon oil 

 sardines, vi., 281 ; extermination of, 

 probable, vi., 289 ; taken by the line 

 in the North Sea, vii., 283, 316; not 

 particular as to bait, vii., 294; dif- 

 ferent varieties, their peculiarities and 

 habits, viii., 318; x., 411; geogra- 

 phical distribution, x., 410; food, x., 

 412 ; spawning, x., 412 ; size attained 

 by this fish, x., 413; modes of capture, 

 x., 413; quality of flesh, x., 413; 

 commercial value, x., 414, 415 ; 

 names given to this fish, x., 415 ; 

 general description, x., 416; injury 

 caused by skates to oyster beds, xi., 

 289 

 Skate-toothed shark, description, i., 



187 

 Skeet, a local name for the pollack, viii., 



158 



Skider, a name given in Northumber- 

 land to the skate, viii., 318 

 Skiff oyster boats, number employed, 



iv., 71 

 Skiffs, Norwegian, description of, i., 



310 

 Skinner, J., prize essay on "Angling 



Clubs, "xi., 571-576 

 Skinners, a name given in the British 

 Channel to the young of the cod, 

 viii., 128 



Skipper or skipjack, another name for 

 the saury, viii., 242 



