ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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Timber, its use in the construction of 

 harbours, &c., ix., 87; its destruc- 

 tion by worms, ix., 88 ; plans 

 adopted for its protection, ix. , 89 ; 

 its advantages as a building material, 

 ix., 90 



" Times " newspaper, the, and evening 

 telegraphic service, in connection 

 with storm warnings, vii., 188 



Tin and baryta mines, their contribu- 

 tion to the pollution of rivers, iv., 

 276; remedies, iv., 276 



" Tingles," or star fish, enemies of 

 the fisherman, iv., 212 



Tinker, or blunt-nosed dinnan, a name 

 given at Aberdeen to the skate, viii., 

 3i8 



Tin-plate works, pollution of streams 

 by them, iv., 277 ; remedies, iv., 278 



Tinned fish, its value, statistics, v., 8 



Tinnevelly (India), condition of fisher- 

 men, ii., 462 ; effect of the salt tax 

 there, ii., 463 



Tisdale, Mr. S. T., experiments on 

 transportation of black bass, vi., 

 222 



Tiverton, United States, fishing port, 

 v., 5 



Toads, general description, ii., 171 



" Toami," or throwing net of Japan, its 

 construction and mode of use, v., 

 215-219 



Toil, its effects on food consumption, 



i-, 35i 



Tokio, gigantic cuttle exhibited there, 

 iii-j 373 > daily consumption of fish 

 in, v., 193; its National Fisheries 

 Exhibition in 1883, statistical results, 

 v., 193 ; effect of this Exhibition 

 upon the British International 

 Fisheries Exhibition, v., 213, 214 



Tombs, fish emblems upon, in Egypt, 

 iii., 37 ; in the Roman catacombs, 

 iii., 42 



Tongue, not present in fishes, viii. 28 



Tongue soles, a name given to soles in 

 the Moray Firth, viii., 226 



Tongues, the market name for young 

 soles, viii., 226 



Tonnage, registration for, viii., 379 



** Top Hamper," or deck lumber, detri- 



mental to the preservation of life in 

 case of disaster at sea, vii., 211 



Tope (shark tribe), occasionally eaten, 

 ii., 165 



Toper, or white hound (shark tribe), 

 general description, i., 187 



Topknot, the side coloured, i., 157; 

 names given to this fish, viii., 201 ; 

 general description, viii., 201 ; vari- 

 eties, viii., 202; habits, viii., 202"; 

 means of capture, viii., 202 ; breed- 

 ing, viii., 202; value as food, viii., 

 203 ; habitat, viii., 203 ; size attained 

 by it, viii., 204 



Tor Bay, trawling there, iv., 91 



Torches, use of, in fishing, v., 359 



Torpedo, an electric fish, general 

 description, i., 192; distinctive fea- 

 tures of electric properties, ii., 162; 

 its mode of capturing its prey, vi., 

 279 



Torsk, or Greater Fork beard, com- 

 mercial value, i., 152; x., 229; ana- 

 tomical details of the family (x., 167) 

 and genus to which it belongs, x., 

 226 ; geographical distribution, x., 

 226, 227; habits, x., 227; food, x., 

 228; spawning, x., 228 ; size attained 

 by this fish, x. , 228 ; modes of capture, 

 x., 228; quality of flesh, x., 229; 

 names given to it, x., 229 ; general 

 description, x., 230 



Tortoises, their general description and 

 geographical distribution, ii., 173 ; 

 as fish consumers, ii., 495 



Tortoiseshell, imported by Japan from 



India, v., 197 



I Totemism, tribal badges, tutelary-fish, 

 &c., amongst savage tribes, iii., 36; 

 in European heraldry, iii., 66 ; 

 superstitions of primitive races, iii., 

 80 



Totnes dam, mode of passing salmon 

 over it, ii., 337 



Touch, organs of, in fish, viii., 28; x., 



Towing of fishing boats, xi., 112 

 Towing-paths, right of fishing from, i., 



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j Town-dab, a name given at Hastings 

 to the smear-dab, viii., 208 



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