INDEX. 



AGASSIZ, PROFESSOR, drawings of eggs 

 of the Coregonus palaea as seen under 

 a powerful magnifier, 131, 132 ; re- 

 quests specimens of Salmonidas, 

 322 - 325. 



AINSWORTH, spawning race, 29-31 ; 

 Collins's modification of, 32-36; 

 period of hatching, table, 129. 



ALEVINS, duration of period, 140 ; ef- 

 fect of cold on, 146; experiments 

 with, 305 ; first appearance of, 139 ; 

 glass lining in troughs an injury to, 

 143 ; habits of, 140-146 ; instinct to 

 hide, 143 ' meaning of word " ale- 

 vin," 139; monstrosities among, 147; 

 perversity in, 145 ; quantity of wa- 

 ter necessary to, 146 ; tendency to 

 follow current of water, 144 ; trans- 

 portation of, 196. 



AMERICAN FISH CULTURISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION, organization of, 319-322. 



ANIMAL PARASITES, description of, 

 on young fry, 186; on large trout, 

 Appendix I. 



APPARATUS for hatching, 47. 



AQUEDUCTS, charred, 48 ; covered, 49 ; 

 hatching room, 48 ; security of, 48. 



ATKINS, table of spawn in different 

 fish, 268 ; table of impregnated sal- 

 mon eggs at Maine State Salmon- 

 Breeding Establishment, 92. 



AUTHORITIES, list of, 336-342. 



BERTRAM, extract from Harvest of 

 the Sea, 228-335. 



BREEDERS, effect of health on proge- 

 ny, 165. 



BUCK LAND, FRANK, directions for 

 marking salmon, 325 - 327 ; table of 

 spawn in different fish, 267. 



BUILDINGS, number of, 40, 41 ; car- 

 penter's shop, 43 ; hatching house, 

 44 ; ice house, 43 ; meat room, 41, 

 42 ; office, 43 ; store-room, 43. 



BYSSUS, cause of, 119: effect of, 120; 

 peculiarities of, 120. 



CANADIAN CORRESPONDENCE, letters 

 from Mr. Whitcher, 297 - 299. 



CANNIBALISM, danger of, 189 ; reme- 

 dy for, 187. 



CLEANLINESS inculcated and neces- 

 sary, r, App. 



COLD SPRING TROUT PONDS, brief 

 sketch of, 287 - 295 ; table of spawn 

 taken in one month, 269, 270; table 

 of spawning time, 269. 



COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT, care and 

 preparation of meat, 214 ; cheap- 

 ness of food, 210 ; fish flesh used as 

 food, 213 ; keeping meat, 215 ; kind 

 of food, 211 - 214 ; minnows as food, 



212 ; nutritious food, 212 ; plate of 

 meat-cutter, 215 ; sour-milk curd, 



213 ; worms and insects used as food, 

 213 ; variety in food, 212. 



COSTE, arrangement of glass grilles, 

 64 - 67 ; table of period of spawn- 

 ing of European fish which repro- 

 duce in fresh water, 271. 



COVERS, material for, 63 ; necessity 

 for, 62. 



DISEASES of young fry, 178-193; list 



of, 177 ; large trout, 191. 

 DISTRIBUTING SPOUT, description of, 



53 ; office of, 53 ; preparation of, 53. 



EGGS, appearance of impregnated and 

 unimpregnated, 125, 126 ; cause of 

 death among, 121 - 129 ; color of, 

 106 ; daily examination while hatch- 

 ing, 120; development at hatching 

 time, 129, 130 ; different fish pro- 

 duced by, 130 ; effect of light on, 

 42, 43 ; enemies to hatching, 118, 

 119; hatching, 112-135; how to 

 tell what eggs will produce good 



