248 



INDEX. 



St Andrews Bay in 1890, 117; 1891, 



118; 1892, 120; 1894, 123 

 Sole, in Clyde, 214 ; young in Thames, 



24 

 Soles, attempts to increase in Scottish 



waters, 231 

 Spawning grounds, control of, 212 

 Sponges, distribution of, 8 



,, caught by liners, 47 

 Sprat in Forth, 175 

 Star-fish, man's war against, 12 

 Stations of St Andrews Bay, 103 



Thames, shrimp-fishing, 24 ; persist- 

 ence of young food-fishes in, 24 

 Thornback in Forth, 180 

 Total catch of fishes, and analysis, 1892, 

 82; 1893, 82; 1894, 85; 1895, 88; 

 1896, 91; 1897, 92 

 Trawl, effect of, on eggs of fishes, 50 

 ,, ,, on sea-bottom fauna, 



36, etc. 

 Trawl, immunity of young fishes from, 

 53 

 „ modern, 65, 66, 67 

 ,, shooting of, 68 

 Trawlers, conditions of labour of, 78 

 „ crews on, 70 

 ,, increase of number of, 78 

 Trawling- apparatus, new form of, 71 

 Trawling at St Andrews, 75 



,, commencement of, 224 

 Trawling Commission, 26, 124, 220, 

 240 

 ,, ,, Eeport of, 1884, remarks 

 on, 26, etc., 221 

 Trawling, history of, 224, 225 

 Trawling-vessels and apparatus, 59, 



60, 61, 62 

 Trembley, A., experiments on Hydra, 8 

 Turbot, attempts to increase, 231 

 Turbot, capture of, by "Garland" 

 in Moray Frith in 1887, 188; 1896, 

 201; 1898, 209 

 Turbot, capture of, by " Garland " in St 



Andrews Bay, in 1886, 104; 1888, 

 114; 1890, 117; 1891, 118; 1892, 

 120; 1894, 123 

 Turbot, constant occurrence of, 131 

 Tubularia, effect of trawl on, 38 

 Tweedmouth, Lord, 18, 26 



Urochordates, food of, etc., 21 



Variations in occurrence of fishes, 201, 

 216 



Walpole, Mr Spencer, 77, 235, 236 



Whales, man's influence on, 5 



Whitebait, 177 



Whiting, capture of, by "Garland," in 

 Clyde in 1888, 213; 1890, 214 



Whiting, capture of, by "Garland" in 

 Frith of Forth, in 1886, 134; 1887, 

 136; 1888, 138; 1889, 140; 1890, 

 142; 1891, 150; 1892, 153; 1893, 

 157; 1894, 159; 1895, 169 



Whiting, capture of, by "Garland" in 

 St Andrews Bay, in 1886, 104 ; 1887, 

 111; 1888, 114; 1890, 117; 1892, 

 119 



Whiting caught by "Garland" in 

 Moray Frith in 1888, 189; 1894, 

 195; 1896, 201; 1898, 209 



Whiting, large numbers in Forth, 142 



Winter and Summer catches com- 

 pared, St Andrews Bay, 126, 127; 

 Frith of Forth, Haddock, 163; 

 Plaice, 162 



Witches, capture of, by "Garland," in 

 Clyde in 1888, 213; 1890, 213, 214; 

 1895, 214; 1896, 214; 1897, 215 



Witches caught by "Garland" in 

 Moray Frith in 1887, 188; in 1888, 

 189; 1896, 201; 1898, 209 



Witch, cited as example for trawling 

 experiments, 215 



Witch (pole-dab), 198 



Witches in Frith of Forth, 141 



Wolf, extinction of, 2 



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