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Jenkins, T., Evidence of, 39. 

 Johnson, James, Evidence of, 3. 



Joseph, Evidence of, 4. 



W. D., Evidence of, 8. 



KARE, Malcolm, Evidence of, 53. 



LAIRD, Gilbert, Evidence of, 32. 

 Leper, Alexander, Evidence of, 15. 

 Liston, J., Evidence of, 50. 

 Livingstone, Mrs., Evidence of, 11. 

 Lobsters : 



Are used to the creels and will not enter them, 29, 30. 

 Bait for, 7, 28, 57- 

 Boiling of, 4, 41. 



Breeding and spawning of, 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 29, 31, 



36, 38, 41, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 58, 59, 60, 

 61, 64. 

 Caught on rocks, 7, 61. 



in frosty weather, 42, 54. 



deep water, 37, 43, 47. 



Decrease of, in numbers: — Edinburgh, 2, 4; Harris, 4, 63; Gourdon, 7; 

 Peterhead, 11, 12; Buchanhaven, 12; Bod- 

 ham, 13 ; Dunnottar, 16 ; Cratown, 17; Banff, 

 17; Whitehills, 18, 19; Moray Frith, 19, 

 28 ; Orkneys, 19 ; L. Erribol, 19, 26 ; Mac- 

 duff, 20 ; St. Combs, 21 ; Inverallochy, 21 ; 

 Fraserburgh, 23, 24 ; Inverness, 25 ; Thurso, 

 25, 26 ; Dunnet Head, 27 ; Keiss, 28, 34 ; 

 Wick, 29, 30 ; Pentland Frith, 30, 32 ; John 

 o'Groats; 32 ; Kirkwall, 34, 35 ; Stromness, 

 36, 38 ; Burghead, 39 ; North Berwick, 40, 

 41 ; Portree, 42, 43 ; Dunbar, 45 ; Storno- 

 way, 48, 49 ; Newhaven, 51 ; Tarbert, 52, 53, 

 54; Salen, 54; Cove, 55; Oban, 57, 58; 

 Tobermory, 58, 59, 60 ; Ardnamurchan a 62. 



size: — Edinburgh, 2, 3, 4; Iona, 4; Peterhead. 12; 



Thurso, 25 ; Kirkwall, 35, 36 ; North Berwick, 

 40,41; Portree, 42, 43; Rona, 43 ; Storno- 

 way, 48 ; Tarbert, 52, 53 ; Salen, 54 ; Tober- 

 mory, 58, 59, 60 ; Ardnamurchan, 62 ; Harris, 

 63. 

 Destroyed by tobacco from a wreck, 12, 13, 21. 



storms, 27. 



Different sizes of, 30, 34, 36, 43, 44. 



Do not carry in hot weather, 29, 46, 47, 53, 62, 63. 



Eggs of, 31. 



Enemies of, 32, 39. 



Growth of, 2, 46. 



Habitat of, 7, 37, 43, 47, 59, 61. 



Increased numbers of: — Arbroath, 6; Bernera, 47- 



Injured by storms, 12, 32. 



Kept in reservoirs, &c, 2, 36, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 54, 59, 60, 61, 64. 



■ are not good, 48, 49. 



chests at sea, 36. 



coal, 5. 



Large in deep water, 43, 47, 59. 

 Migration of, 18, 27, 28, 50, 61. 



on sand, 61. 



Mode of counting, 4, 5. 



packing, 27, 37. 



No decrease : — Johns Haven, 6 ; Gourdon, 8 ; Arbroath, 8 ; Hebrides, 24 ; 

 Stromness, 38 ; Bernera, 46 ; Stornoway, 48, 49 ; Cove, 56 ; 

 Tobermory, 61. 



