Xll CONTENTS. 



PAQK 



CHAP. II. — continued. 



Questions for a Series of Observations to solve the Natural 

 History of the Herriug, ordered by the Lords of the Com- 

 mittee of Privy Council for Trade, ..... 303 

 Additional Questions in aid of the Observations to solve the 

 Natural History of the Herring, ordered by the Lords 

 of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, . . 305 



Report, 1858, of Dutch Herrmg-Fishery 1857, . . .307 



On TrawUng in Galway Bay, 331 



Diving for Spawn, 341 



Herrings Fished or Cured in 1862, 344 



Suggestions as to the Improvement and Extension of the 

 Herring-Fishery, 349 



Index, 357 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Fkontispiece. — The Herring as it appears when taken from 



the Sea. 

 Plate II. — Clyde Herring Fishing-boat ; Irish Skerries Hooker; 



and Isle of Man Herring-boat, .... Pao-e 27 

 „ III. — Penzance Herring Fishing-boats, .... 69 



,, IV. — Herring Busses of Holland, 102 



.. v.— Newhaven Herring-boat, newly introduced, being 



Decked, ••...... 297 



„ VI. — French Fisliing-vessels, 324 



