78 
Fishing towns and villages, description of, 48, 49 
French West African Settlements, 14 
GoLp Coast, table of value of fish imported, and total imports, 1878-1881, 16 
5 », table of value of salt imported, 1878-1881, 41 
Gold Coast Colony, general description of, and manners and customs of the 
population, 14-52 
Herrines, large quantities on the African shores, 56, 57 
Imports, description of fish imported and the countries from which principally 
received, 16 
3 table of value of fish imported, and also total imports to the Gold 
Coast and Lagos (1878-1881), 16 
35 table of value of salt imported, 1878-1881, 41 
5f values of, to British settlements on the Gambia for 1880 and 
1881, 13 
55 values of imports to St. Helena for 1880 and 1881, 61 
93 values of imports to Sierra Leone for 1880 and 1881, 14 
Lacos, population of, and number returned as fishermen according to the 
census of 1881, 15 
3,  shrimp-catching, an extensive industry at, 25 
»» table of value of fish imported, and total imports, 1878-1881, 16 
5, table of value of salt imported, 1878-1881, 41 
Lagos-bar, a favourite resort of sharks, 44 
Lake dwellings, description of the dwellings and manners and customs of the 
inhabitants, 49-52 
Literature, books of reference, containing valuable information as to the fish- 
fauna of West Africa, 3, 4 
6 list of memoirs dealing specially with the crustacean-fauna of the 
West Coast of Africa, 73, 74 
MANATEE, description of one caught at Lagos, 28, 29 
Manatee-traps, mode of using, 27, 28 
Matting, principally used to enclose fishing grounds, 27 
Nets, description of a net made by Arabs from the sinews of a whale, 62 
. 9» material used and size of nets, 24-27 
OvsTERS, plans adopted in the fishing beds, 42, 43 
PoruLaTION, general description of, and number of the inhabitants of St. 
Helena, 60, 61 
33 of British Settlements on the Gambia, 13 
Ss of Sierra Leone and its dependencies, 13 
Rays, dangers to fishermen from sting-rays, 46 
