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INDEX. 



Sperm whale, the, described, 377. 

 Spey, the, salmon-fishing in, 17. 

 Sprat, the, natural history of, 180- 



182. 



Stewart, quoted, 283. 

 St. Ives, pilchard-fishery at, 178-180. 

 St. James's-day, oysters upon, 241. 

 St. John, 0., quoted, 15, 16, 18. 

 Story, W. W., quoted, 281. 

 Sturgeon, the, characteristics of, 187, 



188 ; species of, 189 ; spawning of, 



190 ; value of, 191 ; fisheries of, 192- 



198. 



Sun-fishing in Ireland, 332-337. 

 Sword-fish, the, description of, 117 ; 



its fury, 118 ; its enmity to the 



whale, 119 ; modes of capture of, 



124, 125. 



TAT, the, salmon-fishing in, 17. 



Tennent, Sir Emerson, quoted, 281, 

 309, 346, 348, 349. 



Tennyson, quoted, 274, 423, 474. 



Tonnaire, the, mode of fishing, de- 

 scribed, 106. 



Tortoise-shell, 348. 



Trawling, supposed evils of, 146, 165- 

 167. 



Trawl-net, the, described, 56, 57. 



Trepang-fishery, the, description of, 

 299-303. 



Tunny, the, characteristics of, 101 ; 

 migrations of, 104 ; capture of, by 

 the ancients, 105 ; modern fishing 

 for, 106. 



Turbot, the, natural history of, 86-90. 



Turtle, the, characteristics of, 338- 

 340 ; the green turtle, 340 ; turtle in 

 Ceylon, 346, 347 ; hawksbill turtle, 

 347-349; its instinct, 349; coriaceous 



turtle. 350 ; loggerhead, 351 ; in 

 Polynesia, 351. 

 Tweed, the, salmon-fisheries of, 35-39. 



UTRECHT, Treaty of, 62. 



VADSO, in Norway, whale-fishery at, 



399. 



Volcanic fishes, 438. 

 Volga, the, sturgeon-fishing in, 197, 



198. 

 "Vox Piseis," curious anecdote of a 



tract so called, 63. 



WALLER, quoted, 363-365. 



Walton, Izaak, quoted, 12. 



Walton, J., the inventor of mussel- 

 culture, 288. 



Whale-fishery, the, history and anec- 

 dotes of, 381, et sqq. 



Whale, the, natural history of, 352- 

 361 ; its habits, 361-366 ; its differ- 

 ent species, 356-381. 



Whaling-ship, equipment and crew of, 

 383-385. 



Whitebait, the, described, 184. 



White-fish, what they are, 50. 



Whiting, the, described, 84. 



Wick, scenes of the herring-fishery at, 

 153, 156. 



Wilson. Professor, his description of 

 a salmon-hunt, 22-24 ; on oysters, 

 240. 



YARMOUTH, herring-fishery at, 148, 



157-160. 

 Yarrell, quoted, 86, 115, 120, 203. 



ZYG/ENA, the. See HAMMER-HEAD 

 SHARK. 



