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INDEX. 



DAB, the, described, 96. 



Dampier, quoted, 343. 



Darwin, C., quoted, 344. 



Deslandes, quoted, 13, 47. 



Dogger-Bank, the, cod-fisheries of, 54. 



Doran, Dr., quoted, 173. 



Dorse, the, 85. 



Drayton, quoted, 15. 



Dugong, the, 424. 



Dumont d'TJrville, quoted, 299 



ECHINEIS, the, characteristics of, 496, 



et sqq. 



Eeleries, modern, 201. 

 Eel, the, natural history of, 199-202 ; 



its slipperiness, 205 ; fishery of, 207. 



FABYAN, quoted, 82. 



Faroe, cod-fishery of, 77. 



Fayot, anecdote from, 12. 



Finland, salmon-fishing in, 42, 43. 



"Finnan haddocks, "how prepared, 81. 



Fish, showers of, 496. 



Flies, artificial, described, 19, 20. 



Flounder, the, described, 95. 



Fly-fishing for salmon, 19. 



Franks, quoted, 95. 



Frere, Hookham, quoted, 13. 



Fuller, Thomas, quoted, 14, 173. 



Fusaro, Lake, oyster-farm at, 258. 



GADID.E, the, natural family of the 



class Pisces, 50. 

 Gallapagos Islands, the, turtles at, 



343, 344. 



Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 61. 

 Greene, Professor, quoted, 468. 

 Greenland, salmon-fishing in, 42. 

 Greenland whale, the, described, 368- 



377. 



HADDOCK, the, described, 80-82 ; 



tradition connected with, 81. 

 Hake, the, described, 85, 86. 

 Halibut, the, described, 96. 

 Hall, Captain Basil, quoted, 317, 472. 

 Hall, Captain C. F., 374, 456. 

 Hammer-head shark, the, described, 



330, 331. 

 Harling, a mode of catching salmon, 



described, 41. 

 Herring-fishery, the, description of, 



136. 



Herring, the, natural history of, 127- 

 129 ; its supposed migrations dis- 

 proved, 130; its different races, 133; 

 its spawning, 134; its four different 

 stages, 135. 



Holothuria, the, natural history of, 

 295-299 ; fishing for, on coast of 

 Australia, 299-303 ; British species 

 of, 303. 



Horace, quoted, 89, 185, 426. 



ICELAND, salmon-fishing in, 42. 



KANE, Dr., quoted, 431, 458, 459- 



461. 



Kerr, quoted, 163. 

 King, Captain, quoted, 314. 



LABRADOR, cod-fishery of, 73. 



Lacepe~de, quoted, 62, 168. 



Lerwick, Dutch fishing-boats at, 162- 

 164. 



L'Estrange, Sir Koger, quoted, 168. 



Ling, the, 85. 



Lobster, the, natural history of, 214- 

 222; different kinds, 222. 



Lobster-trap, the, described, 226. 



Loch Boisdale, Scotland, herring- 

 fishery in, 149-152. 



Loch Fyne, Scotland, herring-fishery 

 in, 142-147. 



Lovat, Lord, anecdote of, 40. 



MACKEREL, the, range of, 114; migra- 

 tions of, 115. 



Madrague, the, a mode of fishing, 

 described, 108. 



Manatee, the, described, 423. 



Markham, Captain, quoted, 357, 361- 

 363, 383, 384, 391-394. 



Mermaids, origin of, 422. 



Milton, quoted, 273. 



Montgomery, James, quoted, 477. 



Moore, Thomas, quoted, 272. 



Mussel-farm in Bay of Aiguillon, 288. 



Mussel, the, natural history of, 285- 

 288; culture of, 288-294. 



NEWFOUNDLAND, cod-fisheries of, 58 - 



65 ; their value, 76. 

 Newlyn, pilchard-fishery at, 177. 

 Nicholson, Professor, quoted, 219. 

 Norway, the cod-fishery of, 77. 



