Vlll CONTENTS. 



IV. THE HERRING. 



Introductory remarks HERRING shoals Their supposed migratory move- 

 ments Different races inhabit different waters Spawning season 

 Four stages of the herring's career 127-135 



V. THE HERRING-FISHERY. 



Animated scenes at a herring-port Departure of the herring-fleet Its adven- 

 tures Its return Value of the herring-fisheries Yarmouth and Loch 

 Fyne herrings The Loch Fyne fisheries Trawl versus drift net The 

 Dutch fishery Herrings at Yarmouth The herring-fishery in Loch 

 Boisdale A scene at Wick Red herrings Once more at Yarmouth 

 A visit to a curing-house "Ryving and speeting" The Shetland 

 herring-fishery The Dutch fishermen at Lerwick The controversy 

 about trawling Conclusion 136-108 



VI. THE PILCHARD, SPRAT, AND OTHER CLUPEIDJE. 



About the PILCHARD Arrival of the pilchard-shoal on the Cornish coast 

 Seine-fishing Pilchard- curing Pilchard-tucking A picturesque spec- 

 tacleSeine versus drift A scene at St. Ives The pilchard fishermen 



About the SPRAT Natural history of the SARDINE The WHITEBAIT 



The ANCHOVY The Roman "garum" About the SHAD 169-18G 



VII. THE STURGEON. 



The STURGEON described Its different species Its various habitats Why 

 it enters the rivers Its commercial value Caviare: how made The 

 sturgeon-fishery on the Garonne In Russia How carried on in the 

 Volga 187-198 



VIII. THE EEL-FISHERY. 



Celebrity of the EEL Lake Copais Modern "celeries" Reproduction of 

 eels- Their habits described Their physiological characteristics Fish- 

 ing for eels Night-lines Clod-fishing The celery at Comacchio 

 Cooking eels A grand festival at Comacchio 199-213 



IX. THE LOBSTER AND THE CRAB. 



A "standing romance of the sea" Natural history of the LOBSTER Descrip- 

 tion of its segments Its digestive system Its annual exuviations- 

 Various kinds of lobsters The CRAB Various kinds of crabs Their 

 general characters Lobster-traps described How lobsters are sent to 

 London 214-227 



X. THE SHRIMP AND THE PRAWN. 



About the SHRIMP A popular crustacean Shrimping The shrimp-fishery 

 at Chausey The "putting-net" At Saint-Gilles-sur-Vic About the 

 PRAWN ... 228-237 



