INDEX 



Elbe, the loss of the, 264. 

 Ensign, the, 202. 

 Espionage, trial for, 358. 

 Etty the painter, 162. 

 Eyes offish, the, 182. 



Ferrying fish, 46 ; perils of, 72. 

 Fish, quantity of, landed in the 



United Kingdom, 36 ; special 



train, 155. 

 Fishermen, early, number of, 20 ; 



number employed in 1909-10, 45 ; 



loss of life amongst, 45. 

 Fishing, an average day's, 49. 

 "Flake," 1 10. 



Flamborough Off Ground, the, 181. 

 Fleet, looking for a, 237. 

 Fleeting, the evils of, 74. 

 " Flithers," 91. 

 Forfarshire, the wreck of the, 



262. 



Fruit and fishermen, 130. 

 Fry, Sir Edward, and fishermen, 



166. 



" Gallows," 61. 



Gambling for cabbages, 77. 



Gamecock Fleet, the, 141, 276. 



" Geordies," 243. 



Germans and the North Sea, 43, 140, 

 152, I94,35o>35i 5 358. 



Goodwin Sands, the, 287 ; wrecks 

 on, 301. 



Great Central Railway, 153. 



Great Northern Fleet, the, 141. 



Grenfell, Dr., 208. 



Grimsby, record landing of fish at, 

 96 ; the world's greatest fishing 

 port, 153 ; fish-docks, 157 ; fishing 

 vessels at, 158; fish traffic, 158; 

 strike at, 166. 



Halibut, large, 106, in, 112. 



Hartlepool, 161. 



Harwich, 102. 



Heligoland, 82. 



Hellyer's Fleet, 141. 



Herrings, Battle of the, 114 ; sheriffs 



of Norwich and herring-pies, 118 ; 



enormous shoals, 119; Scotch 

 erring fleet, 120; hatching, 121 ; 



record catch, 122; export trade, 

 123 ; gutters and packers, 124 ; 

 extraordinary catch, 131. 



Hewett, Mr. Samuel, 47. 



Holds worth and fish-carrying, 52. 



Hospital ships, 207. 



Hull, 5, 7, 11, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 28, 

 40, 52, 95, 97, 99, 112, 151, 153, 

 159, 161, 162, I76,3H,333. 



Huxley, the, 179, 182, 184. 



Ice, use of, 106 ; natural and arti- 

 ficial, 157. 



Iceland, steam-trawler lost off, 99. 

 Illegal trawling, 199. 

 Indian Chief, loss of the, 288. 



Joan of Arc, 114. 



John Donkin's Bight, 91. 



Jones, Paul, 319 ; off Scotland, 321 ; 



fight with the Serapis, 326 ; death 



of, 334 ; reburial, 335. 

 Joseph and Sarah Miles, the, 207, 280. 



King Edward vil. and the Russian 



outrage, 283. 

 King Herring, the, 112. 



Land of Green Ginger, the, 163. 



Legislation, sea fisheries, 190. 



Levi, Leone, and wages, 171. 



Lifeboat, origin of the, at South 

 Shields, 270 ; the Bradford and 

 the Indian Chief, 271 ; loss of 

 the Whitby lifeboat, 271 ; Scar- 

 borough disaster, 273 ; the North- 

 umberland, 295. 



Lighthouses, 27. 



Light vessels, 28. 



Lowestoft, drifters, 126; and Great 

 Eastern Railway, 161. 



Lutine, the, 336. 



Mackerel fishing, 170. 

 "Mad Isaac," 91. 

 March gale, the great, 219. 

 Marine Biological Association, 177. 

 Mark-boat, 143. 

 Marked fish, 180, 187. 

 Mary Rose, the, and gold-hunting, 

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