ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



149 



Skittle-dog, a name given in Cornwall 

 to the male of one of the dog-fishes, 

 viii., 316 



Skopster, another name for the saury, 

 viii., 242 



Skrae-fish, a local name for the coal- 

 fish, viii., 154 



Skulpin, or dragonet, details respecting 

 it, i., 127 



Skye, Isle of, remarks by Professor 

 Huxley, on condition and earnings 

 of peasantry, iv., 138, 139 



Slack, Mr., early fish culturist, v., 13 



Slack's hatching grill, description of, 



"> 34 

 Slater, Mr. J. W., experiments with 



polluted water, vii., 44 

 Slav fishermen in the United States, 



V., 21 



Slipper boats, for night fishing by 

 moonlight, xiii., 22 



Slips, the market name for young soles, 

 viii., 226 



Sly-silurus (Namazu), v., 200 



Small fish, question of destruction of. 

 See Immature fish. 



Smear-dab, absence of spur-like spine 

 peculiar to the tribe to which it be- 

 longs, i., 158; names given to this 

 fish, viii., 208; x., 271 ; anatomical 

 details of the family (x., 230) ; and 

 genus to which it belongs, viii., 209 ; 

 x., 260 ; modes of capture, viii., 210 ; 

 x., 270 ; quality of the flesh, viii., 

 210; x., 270; habitat, viii, 210; 

 geographical distribution, x., 268, 



269 ; habits, x., 269; food, x., 269; 

 spawning, x., 269; size attained by 

 it, x., 270; commercial value, x., 



270 ; general description, x., 271 

 Smeerenburg, the centre of the Dutch 



whale fishery, ix., 402 ; its pros- 

 perity, ix., 404; and decline, ix., 

 409 



Smell, organs of, in fish, viii., 26 ; x., 16 

 Smelt, value of fisheries, i., 40 ; habits 

 of cucumber-smelt, i., 164, 424; 

 use in heraldry, Hi., 67 ; frozen for 

 transportation, v., 7 ; artificial hatch- 

 ing of smelt in the United States, v., 

 14 ; the fishery in the United States, 



v., 26, 27; used as bait, v., 126; 

 fisheries of Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick, v., 149 ; its value as food, 

 vii., 19 



Smeltie, a name given in Zetland to 

 the bib, viii., 148 



Smethurst, Alderman, remarks on bait, 

 vi., 320 



Smiley, Mr. C. W., table showing date 

 of organization of United States Com- 

 missions, v., 1 6 



Smith, Captain, finds supposed serpent 

 to be seaweed, iii., 419 



Smith, Captain John, founding by him 

 of colony of Jamestown, v., 4 



Smith, Cecil C., condensed report by 

 him on the fishing industries of the 

 Straits Settlements, xiii., 395-397 



Smith, Dr. Angus, report on river 

 pollution, iv., 262 



Smith, Dr. E., experiments by, for 

 ascertaining the amount of carbonic 

 acid given off by a person during 

 exertion, i., 350; showing the rela- 

 tive values of two breakfasts, i., 

 448 



Smith, Mr., remarks on Thames Con- 

 servancy, vii., 57 



Smith, Mr. Henry (Brixham), remarks 

 on destruction of fry, iv., 325 ; on high 

 railway rates, iv., 368 ; on want of 

 harbour accommodation, iv., 382 



Smith River, salmon industries at, v., 

 34,35 



Smith, W. A., prize essay on "Ap- 

 pliances and Methods for breaking the 

 Force of the Sea," x., 524-544 ; prize 

 essay on "Salmon Disease, its Cause 

 and Prevention," xi., 67-81 



Smithsonian Institution, v., 53 



Smitt, Professor, paper by him on 

 Swedish Fisheries, v., 253-269 



Smolt, protection of, iv., 13, 16 ; cost of 

 raising them, vi., 44 j young of bull- 

 trout named like young of salmon, 

 vi., 151 ; instance of rearing in a de- 

 serted quarry, vi., 186. 

 J Smooth-dab, a name given to the smear- 

 dab, viii. , 208 



Smooth hound, or skate-toothed-shark, 

 length of, i., 187 



