INDEX. 



AGASSIZ, PROFESSOR, drawings of eggs 

 of the Coregonus palaea as seen 

 under a powerful magnifier, 144, 145 ; 

 requests specimens of Sahnonidas, 

 342-344. 



AINSWORTH, spawning race, 29-31; 

 Collins's modification of, 32-36; 

 period of hatching, table, 141. 



ALEVINS, duration of period, 152 ; ef- 

 fect of cold on, 158 ; experiments 

 with, 326; first appearance of, 151 ; 

 glass lining in troughs an injury to, 

 155 ; habits of, 152 - 159 ; instinct to 

 hide, 154; meaning of word "ale- 

 Yin," 151 ; monstrosities among, 159 ; 

 perversity in, 157; quantity of water 

 necessary to, 158 ; tendency to follow 

 current of water, 156; transportation 

 of, 214. 



AMERICAN FISH CULTURISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION, organization of, 339-341. 



ANIMAL PARASITES, description of, on 

 young fry, 200 ; on large trout, Ap- 

 pendix I. 



APPARATUS for hatching, 47. 



AQUEDUCTS, charred, 48 ; covered, 49 ; 

 hatching room, 48 ; security of, 48. 



ATKINS, table of spawn in different 

 fish, 288 ; table of impregnated sal- 

 mon eggs at Maine State Salmon- 

 Breeding Establishment, 104. 



AUTHORITIES, list of, 356 - 361. 



BERTRAM, extract from Harvest of the 



Sea, 348. 

 BREEDERS, effect of health on progeny, 



182, 183. 

 BUCKLAND, FRANK, directions for 



marking salmon, 345 - 347 ; table of 



spawn in different fish, 287. 

 BUILDINGS, number of, 40; carpen- 



ter's shop, 43 ; hatching house, 44 ; 

 ice house, 43 ; meat room, 41, 42 ; 

 office, 43 ; store-room, 42. 

 BYSSUS, cause of, 131 ; effect of, 132 ; 

 peculiarities of, 132. 



CANADIAN CORRESPONDENCE, letters 

 from Mr. Whitcher, 317-319. 



CANNIBALISM, danger of, 205 ; remedy 

 for, 206. 



COLD SPRING TROUT PONDS, brief 

 sketch of, 309-314; table of spawn 

 taken in one month, 289, 290 ; table 

 of spawning time, 290, 291. 



COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT, care and 

 preparation of meat, 233 ; cheap- 

 ness of food, 229 ; fish flesh used as 

 food, 231 ; keeping meat, 234 ; kind 

 of food, 229 ; minnows as food, 230 ; 

 nutritious food, 230 ; plate of meat- 

 cutter, 233 ; sour-milk curd, 232 ; 

 worms and insects used as food, 232 ; 

 variety in food, 230. 



COSTE, arrangement of glass grilles, 

 64-67 ; table of period of spawning 

 of European fish which reproduce 

 in fresh water, 291. 



COVERS, material for, 63; necessity 

 for, 62. 



DISEASES of young fry, 194-209; list 



of, 194 ; large trout, 256. 

 DISTRIBUTING SPOUT, description of, 



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



EGGS, appearance of impregnated and 

 unimpregnated, 137; cause of death 

 among, 125-134; color of, 118; 

 daily examination while hatching, 

 132; developmental hatching time, 

 141; different fish produced by, 142; 



