﻿ICHTHYOLOGY 
  IN 
  JAPAN. 
  249 
  

  

  (s/m;o=salt, 
  kara== 
  strong). 
  The 
  dried 
  Bonito 
  or 
  Katsu-bushi 
  is 
  

  

  highly 
  esteemed," 
  and 
  often 
  given 
  in 
  presents 
  on 
  memorable 
  

   occasions. 
  Its 
  excellence 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  similarity 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  soldier-class 
  of 
  Japan. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  food-fishes, 
  there 
  are 
  four 
  plates 
  of 
  

   fishing 
  apparatus, 
  with 
  accompanying 
  descriptions 
  in 
  Japanese. 
  

   The 
  first 
  shows 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  a 
  seine-net 
  — 
  the 
  floats 
  being 
  

   ingeniously 
  fixed 
  between 
  a 
  double 
  cord 
  — 
  and 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  

   setting 
  it. 
  The 
  second 
  gives 
  a 
  graphic 
  illustration 
  of 
  rod- 
  

   (bamboo) 
  fishing 
  from 
  a 
  boat, 
  and 
  of 
  an 
  angular 
  hook 
  (without 
  

   barb), 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  artificial 
  bait, 
  the 
  hook 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  

   a 
  tuft 
  of 
  filaments. 
  The 
  third 
  represents 
  a 
  hand-line 
  with 
  neatly 
  

   spliced 
  sinker, 
  and 
  a 
  hook 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  kind 
  ; 
  whilst 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  gives 
  a 
  drawing 
  of 
  a 
  line 
  with 
  sinker 
  and 
  barbed 
  angular 
  

   hook. 
  

  

  The 
  work, 
  of 
  which 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  part, 
  does 
  equal 
  credit 
  

   to 
  the 
  skill 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  artists, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  descriptive 
  powers 
  

   of 
  the 
  authors, 
  and, 
  with 
  its 
  English 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  Japanese 
  text, 
  

   cannot 
  fail 
  to 
  interest 
  Europeans, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  much 
  service 
  to 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  industry 
  in 
  Japan. 
  Slips, 
  which 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  

   avoided 
  by 
  more 
  careful 
  supervision, 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  English 
  part, 
  

   but 
  fortunately 
  no 
  ambiguity 
  is 
  caused 
  thereby. 
  It 
  might 
  also 
  

   have 
  been 
  well 
  to 
  allude 
  to 
  the 
  history 
  and 
  uses 
  of 
  allied 
  food- 
  

   fishes 
  in 
  other 
  countries. 
  On 
  the 
  whole, 
  the 
  authors 
  may 
  be 
  

   congratulated 
  on 
  their 
  efforts 
  to 
  render 
  their 
  treatise 
  both 
  popular 
  

   and 
  reliable. 
  

  

  Gatty 
  Marine 
  Laboratory, 
  St. 
  Andrews 
  University. 
  

  

  