ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



159 



fishing ports on the Welsh coast, ix., 

 256 



Swatow, specimens from fisheries of, 

 v., 172 ; models of fishing boats, 

 in Chinese section, v., 175 



Sweden, fish found there, L, 528 ; deve- 

 lopment of fish industry aided by 

 government, iv., 411; fishery laws 

 of, iv., 417 ; v., 257 ; decrease of cod 

 fisheries, v., 153, 163; value of her- 

 ring and sprat fisheries, v., 259, 269 ; 

 salmon fisheries, v., 262, 269; eel 

 fishery, v., 264, 269 ; sea and coast 

 fisheries, v., 265, 269 ; lake and other 

 fresh-water fisheries, v., 265-269 ; 

 importations of Norwegian fish by, 

 v., 292 ; fisheries similar to those of 

 Norway, viii., 341, 342 ; disappear- 

 ance of herrings at regular intervals, 

 viii., 342; boats employed, viii., 

 342 ; statistics showing value, num- 

 ber of vessels and men employed, 

 &c., viii., 378; the herring fishery, 

 xi., 141, 142; objects collected by 

 Professor Nordenskiold in his Arctic 

 Expeditions, xiii., 4, 82 ; interesting 

 character of the Swedish exhibits, 

 xiii. , 82 ; comparatively small value 

 of the Swedish fisheries, xiii., 82 ; 

 reason for this, xiii., 82 ; the herring 

 and other fisheries, xiii. , 83 ; artificial 

 culture of fish, xiii., 83 ; condensed 

 report on the fishing industries gene- 

 rally, xiii., 520-525 



Swedish fishing-grounds. See Fishing 

 grounds. 



Swedish fishing-vessels. See Fishing 

 vessels. 



Swedish salmon, quantity received in 

 London in recent years, vi., 8 



Swedish tackle. See Fishing tackle. 



Sweep-net, or Seine-net, description, 

 i., 287 



"Sweep," the only member of the 

 Squamipinnes family used for food 

 in New South Wales, v., 314 



Swetenham, J. A., condensed report 

 by him on the fishing industries of 

 Ceylon, xiii., 360-364 



Swim-bladder, viii., 17 ; not indispen- 

 sable to existence of fishes, viii., 17 ; 



nature of gas contained in it, viii., 

 18 ; how generated, viii., 18 ; swim- 

 bladder not a lung, viii., 19 ; purpose 

 served by it, viii., 20 ; x., 20 ; absent 

 in flat fishes, x., 20 



Swimming, advantages to fishermen of 

 a knowledge of the art, ix., 120 



Swinburne, Captain, opinion on steam- 

 trawlers, iv., 398 



Swingle tail, the. See Sharks. 



Switzerland, condensed report on the 

 fishing industry, xiii., 526-527 



Sword-fish, its anatomy, i., 119; vi., 

 274; its snout, ii., 163; sea-myths 

 respecting it, iii., 49 ; a name given 

 in Scotland to the gar-pike, viii., 236 



Swordfish fishery of the United States, 

 its value, v., 27, 52; ports taking 

 part therein, v., 52 ; the Italian 

 fishery, xiii., 38 



Sylt, the (see also North Sea trawling- 

 grounds), vii., 317 



Sy,nphytum asperrimum, or prickly 

 comfrey, suitable for low lands, vii., 



273 

 Syrian myths, and fish divinities, &c,, 



iii., 18, 22, 44 

 Systematic zoology, study of, iv., 418, 



419 



Tables : of rates for carriage of fish to 

 London, iv., 375 ; of exports of sea 

 produce from Jnpan to China in 1881- 

 83 v., 198; showing the amount of 

 sea produce of each province of the 

 Japanese empire for the year 1881, 

 v. , 222, 223 ; showing the difference 

 between the temperature of the air 

 and of the sea, v., 278, 279 ; showing 

 the yearly catch of cod in " The Great 

 Cod Fisheries," v., 284 ; showing the 

 quantities and value of fish products 

 exported from Norway from 1866 to 

 1 88 1, v., 290-294 ; of results of storm 

 warnings for past years, vii., 188 

 J Tabooed fish, because sacred, iii., 21 ; 

 under the protection of heathen 

 deities, iii. , 32 ; or of Mahommedan, 

 Brahmin, Hindoo or Arabic supersti- 

 tions, iii., 35-43 



