INDEX. 



Pcrft 



Cpah, its brilliant appearance . . . 293 



Ostraceon ..... 100 



Oysters . . . . .317 



. edible ..... 318 

 '. . pearl . . . . .321 



Oyster fishery . . . .319 



Paper nautilus or argonaut, the, description of . . 327 

 .... its mode of sailing, &c. . 3251 



. chambered or pearly . 329 

 Pearl fisheries . . . 521 

 Pennant's remarks on sharks . 61, 65 

 . . . on angel sharks . . . . 1 05 

 . . on barbels . . . .132 



on carps . . . .148 



? on the dorado . . . . 293 

 . . on the dragoaet . . . .314 

 . . on fireflares . . 9.j, 96 

 . . on flounders .... 225 

 . . on smells . . . . . 21.'> 

 . . extract from . . . .160 

 Perch, the, description of . . . . 2 16 



. great diversion for the angler . . 248 



. . voracity and usual weight of . 247 



. . singular deformed variety of . . 249 



Pholas, the, description of . . . . 381 



' . the dactyle . . . . ib. 



. . its powers of penetration . . . 332 



. . % its slow motion . ; . . 33-4 



Pike, the, description of . . .174 



dreaded by all fish . , .173 



, . good sport for the angler . . .179 



, . its voracity . . . .175 



. remarkable longevity of . . . 177 



Pike-headed whale . . . . ."8 



Pilchard, the, description of ... 265 



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