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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Whelk-pots, vi., 304 



Whiff, another name for the sail-fluke, 



x., 254 

 Whitadder river, not now frequented 



by the true salmon, vi., 154, 155 

 Whitby, social condition of fishermen 

 at this port, iv., 173 ; fisheries carried 

 on there, viii. , 334 ; vessels em- 

 ployed, viii., 334; payment of crews, 

 viii., 334; its inaccessibility at low 

 water, ix., 5 

 Whitch, another name for the craig- 



fluke, x., 271 



Whitebait, fish sold under that name, 

 i., 38 ; x., 360, 361 ; really the 

 young of the herring, i., 171, iv., 

 437; viii., 267; xi., 132, 176; ana- 

 tomical details of the family to which 

 they belong, ii., 135 ; their capture in 

 enormous quantities, iv., 97, 210; 

 such capture not productive of injury 

 to fisheries generally, iv., 106 ; their 

 capture condemned, iv., 353 ; how to 

 be distinguished from sprats, viii., 

 270 ; alleged date of their introduc- 

 tion into the London markets, x., 

 360; where found, xi., 132, 176 

 White bream, an inferior freshwater 



fish, ii., 78 

 White Cart River, injury to fisheries 



caused by pollution, iv., 258 

 Whitechapel, a street market for fish, 



iv., 135 

 Whitecross Street, a street market for 



fish, iv., 135 



White-fish, a variety of the salmonidae, 

 its artificial propagation in the 

 United States, ii., 9, 64; v.,14; found 

 in North America and in the United 

 Kingdom, ii. , 64 ; a principal pro- 

 duct of the Great Lake fisheries, v., 

 19, 119, 148, 155 ; the question 

 of its introduction into the United 

 Kingdom considered, vi., 50 

 White fish, one of the whales so called, 

 ii., 184; its skin made into leather, 

 ii., 184; loses its teeth early, ii., 185 

 White Herring Fishery (British), Com- 

 missioners of, i., 242 

 White-ling, a local name for the ling, 

 viii., 168 



White Salmon, a name sometimes given 

 to the bass, viii., 58 



White sole, a name given in co. Dow 

 (Ireland) to the pole, viii., 211 



White trevally, a food fish of the Aus- 

 tralian seas, v., 322; means of cap- 

 ture, v., 322 



White-trout, found in great numbers in 

 Ireland, ii., 378 



Whiting, a fish of the cod family, i., 

 152 ; ii., 142 ; modes of capture, i., 

 311 ;viii., 152; x.,2Oi; analysis of its 

 flesh, i. , 364 ; opinion as to its value as 

 food, i., 424; viii., 152; anatomical 

 details of the family and genus to 

 which it belongs, ii., 143 ; viii., 150 ; 

 x., 167, 1 68 ; why so much in de- 

 mand as a food fish, ii., 153 ; use in 

 heraldry, iii., 67; alleged destruction 

 of spawn by trawlers, iv., 8 ; nema- 

 todes in whiting, vi., 261 ; this fish 

 included among those caught in the 

 North Sea, vii., 283, 316 ; names by 

 which known at various places, viii., 

 150; x., 202; baits, viii., 152; 

 habitat, viii., 152; habits, viii., 

 152; x., 200; size attained by it, 

 viii., 153; x., 201 ; quality of flesh, 

 viii., 152; x., 201 ; geographical 

 distribution, x., 200; food, x., 200; 

 spawning, viii., 152; x., 200; com- 

 mercial value, x., 202 ; general de- 

 scription, x., 202 



Whiting (of the Australian Seas), highly 

 prized as a food fish, v., 316 ; mode 

 of capture, v., 317 ; their habit of 

 burrowing in the sand to escape 

 capture, v., 317; names and habits 

 of the different varieties of this fish, 

 v., 3*7,3*8 



Whiting mop, a local name for the 

 haddock, viii., 141 ; and for the 

 young whiting, viii., 150 



Whiting perch, the composition of the 

 egg, ii., 19 



Whiting pollack, a local name for the 

 pollack, viii., 158. See Pollack. 



Whiting pout, a name given to the 

 bib, viii., 147; anatomical details of 

 the family and genus to which 

 it belongs, x., 167, 168; geographi- 



