INDEX, 



Pilchard fishery '...,. 266 

 Pipe fish ..... 298 



little . . . . . ib. 



Plaise, description of . . . 223 



Pontoppidan's remarks on the dragonet . . 314 



. . . . .on salmon . , . 165 



- . . . .on sturgeons . , .75 



Porpesse, the, description of . . .53 



. . anciently a royal dish . . .55 



. . . feeds on smaller fish . . .54 



how taken by the natives of Canada . ib. 



. . . .value of . . .56. 



. . . violent in pursuit of its prey . . 54; 



Prawn, the .... ,. 36\ 

 3?rickleback. See Stickltback. 



Ray, electric. See Torpedo. 



. . prickly. See Thornback. 



rough . . , ; : 97 



. . sting. Sec Firfflare, 



Bay fish . . . , . 9a 



Razor fish . . . . . 535 



. . their aversion to salt . . . 336 



Rheaumur's remarks on ihe torpedo . , .88 



Richer's account of the electric eel . . 9 

 Roach ...... 143 



. . its simplicity, &c. . . , .144 



Salmon . . , . , ; 155 



. averse to carrion and any thing red . . 1 1>5* 



, - . e;.>i!j alarmed . . . .159 



, . how (Ti-berved . , . .164 



, . long voyages of . . . 158 



, their extraordinary leaps ... , 154, 



