ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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288 ; commercial value, x., 289 ; 

 names given to this fish, x., 290 ; 

 general description, x., 291 ; its na- 

 tural characteristics, xi., 227 ; impor- 

 tance of a knowledge of the natural 

 history of fishes, xi., 230, 231 ; obser- 

 vations of Professor Agassiz with re- 

 spect to the young state of the 

 flounder, xi., 231 ; these observa- 

 tions a probable guide as to the con- 

 ditions attendant upon the same stage 

 in the life of the sole, xi., 232 ; its 

 susceptibility to cold, xi., 233, 240 ; 

 growth and development, xi., 234; 

 its tenacity of life, xi., 238 ; instances 

 of this fish inhabiting fresh water, xi. , 

 239; the variegated sole, xi., 242; 

 conflicting evidence as to alleged dimi- 

 nution of the supply of soles, xi., 

 244-256 ; artificial cultivation of the 

 sole among the Romans, xi., 256, 

 262 ; Columella's directions for the 

 construction of marine fish-ponds, xi., 

 257-259 ; probability that the sole 

 would thrive in fresh water, xi., 260 ; 

 food suitable for soles in confinement, 

 xi., 260; commercial success of ex- 

 periments in cultivation of sole pro- 

 blematical, xi., 263; want of suffi- 

 cient market accommodation a great 

 cause of the dearness of soles hi Lon- 

 don, xi., 263 



Sole fleuk, a name given in the Moray 

 Firth to the smear-dab, viii., 208 



Sole, variegated, different names given 

 to, geographical distribution, general 

 habits, x., 292; food of, mode of 

 capture, commercial value, quality of 

 flesh, x., 293; xi., 243 



Solomon, work of, on fish, iii., 5; 

 restoration of his signet ring by a 

 fish, iii., 10, 59; legend as to devils 

 diving for pearls for him, iii., 59 



Solonette, or "little sole," description, 

 i., 159 ; anatomical details, viii., 234 ; 

 habitat, viii., 235; x., 294; of no 

 commercial value ; xi., 243 



Solwa'y Firth (the), Acts relating to 

 salmon fishery, viii., 550; limits of 

 the Firth, viii., 550; law as to close 

 season, viii., 551 ; fixed engines, viii., 



551 ; mesh of nets, viii., 552 ; recom- 

 mendations in Report of Solway Com- 

 missioners, 1880, viii., 552-556 



Sondmore cod fisheries, v., 281 



Sound, fish highly sensitive to, iii., 14, 

 88 ; organs of, in fish, viii., 31 



Sounds, voluntary and involuntary, pro- 

 duced by fish, viii., 31 



Soups and stews, conger and turtle for, 

 vii., 21, 22, 23 



Soups prepared from sharks' flesh, &c., 

 ii., 165 



Southern Atlantic States of North 

 America, statistics of fisheries, v., 24, 

 25, 293 



South Canara, value of fish taken there, 

 ii., 448 ; priestly chief there, ii., 460 ; 

 increase in number of fishermen ii., 

 462 ; poisoning of fish and destruc- 

 tion of fry, ii., 496 ; 89 per cent, of 

 people fish-consumers ii., 498 



South Carolina, statistics of fisheries, 



V.,24 



South Eastern Railway Company, rates 

 for carriage of merchandise, iv., 364, 

 375 



South Esk fishery district, opinion from, 

 on value of Fishery Boards, vi. , 193 



South Europe, Norwegian fish shipped 

 to, v., 293 



South Formosa, catamarans or surf- 

 boats of, v., 173 ; fishing boats, 

 models of, hi Chinese collection, v., 

 175 



South Holland, fisher-folk, ii., 262 



South of England Oyster Company, 

 grant to them of a " several " fishery, 

 ix.,265 



South of Ireland (now Kinsale) Fishing 

 Company, Limited, vii., 121 



South Pacific, fur seals found on the 

 islands of, vii., 159 



South Patagonia, fur seal fisheries, vii., 

 159 



South Sea Fisheries Company, its his- 

 tory, i., 506 



South Sea Islanders, partly dependent 

 upon fishing for their subsistence, i., 



493 



South Shetland Island seal fisheries, 

 vii., 170 



