FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Smooth sides, a name given to the tub 



fish (one of the gurnards), viii., 75 

 Smoulds, a name formerly given in 



Norfolk to the larger sand-launce, 



viii., 174 

 Snake-bait, a name given at St. Ives 



(Cornwall) to the larger sand-launce, 



viii., 174 



Snap-net, method of using it, i., 317 

 Snapper, name given in Devonshire to 



the Erythrinus sea-bream, viii., 69 

 Snares, capture of salmon by means of 



them prohibited, i., 223 

 Snatching, description of the practice 



iii., Hi; declared unlawful, iii., 



US 



Snedden, a name given m co. Down 

 (Ireland) to the greater sand-launce, 

 viii., 174 



Soap waters, pollution of rivers by, iv., 

 268 



Society for Relief of Fishermen, i., 



542 

 Soda and soap works, pollution of rivers 



by, iv., 262 

 Soda ash, recovery of, to prevent river 



pollution, iv., 266, 267 

 Sodermanland fishery, value of, v., 



216 

 Soft crabs, or "casters," penalties for 



taking, i., 245 

 Soft roe, viii., 33 

 Soft-shelled clam, artificial hatching of, 



in United States, v., 15 

 Sognefjord, length of, v., 273 

 Soil, the fry of the coal-fish, viii., 154 

 Soils, effect of, upon food of fish, vi., 



269 

 Sola, Lieut. -Col., F.G., papers on 



"The Fisheries of Spain," v., 353- 



362, and on " The Basis for Legisla- 

 tion on Fishery Questions," vii., 



245-260 

 Solander, meets with a large calamary, 



iii., 361 



Solar myth, fish in the, iii., 19 

 Soldier, a name given to the elleck or 



pine-leaved gurnard, viii., 73 

 Soldier crabs, their habits and liability 



to skin disease, vi., 368 

 Solent, stow-nets there, i., 296; collec- 



thjre 



tion th$re of oyster spat recom- 

 mend ed| v., 107 



Soles, ni(jde of capture, i., 12 ; de- 

 scriptiofe of the four distinct forms 

 (British^, i., 158; generally caught 

 by the trawl, i., 254; analysis, show- 

 ing its: value as food, i., 362, 365 ; 

 excellence of Severn soles, i. , 424 ; 

 hatching experiments in 1831, ii., 93 ; 

 die qijickly out of water, ii., 235 ; 

 use in heraldry, iii., 67 ; Polynesian 

 legend respecting them, iii., 82 ; said 

 by the French to be bred from 

 prawns, iii., 92 ; cultivation in Italy, 

 iv., 7; trawling for, iv., 53; soles 

 generally conveyed by land to mar- 

 ket, iv., 141 ; advance in the price of 

 this fish, iv., 313 ; spawning, iv., 331 ; 

 x., 286; xi., 234; scarcity of, iv., 

 415; v., 184; taken in China, v., 

 179; much esteemed in Japan, v., 

 200 ; scarcity of the supply of, in 

 New South Wales, v., 328, 329 ; are 

 ground feeders, vi., 280 ; their food, 

 vi., 288 ; x., 284; xi., 234-238, 240, 

 241 ; protection of young, vi., 291 ; 

 supply diminishing, vii., 313 ; taken 

 in North Sea, vii., 316; caught on 

 hard sandy ground in warm weather, 

 and on muddy, soft ground in winter, 

 vii., 317; habits, vii., 320; x., 230, 

 283 ; individual specimens diminish- 

 ing in weight, vii., 327 ; geographi- 

 cal distribution, viii., 222 ; x., 283 ; 

 value as food, viii., 222 ; x., 277 ; 

 xi., 232 ; alleged falling off in quan- 

 tity, viii., 223 ; causes of this, viii., 

 223-226 ; varieties : common sole, 

 viii., 226; lemon sole, viii., 231; 

 xi. , 240 ; thickback, viii. , 232 ; so- 

 lonette, viii., 234; xi., 243; their 

 present high price, x., 70-76 ; alleged 

 diminution of supply from over-fish- 

 ing, x., 72 ; the groundlessness of 

 this assertion, x., 72 ; proposed mea- 

 sures for their protection unnecessary, 

 x., 73-76 ; anatomical details of the 

 family (x., 230) ; and genus to which 

 they belong, x., 281 ; size attained 

 by soles, x., 287 ; xi., 239 ; modes of 

 capture, x., 287 ; quality of flesh, x., 



