79 
St, HELENA, number and general description of the population, and the com- 
merce of the island, 60-63 
Salt, table of value of salt imported into the colony, 1878-1881, 41 
Sharks, the large quantity on the coasts, a means of creating a valuable 
industry, 43-46 
Shrimps, means used for catching and curing, 24-26 
Sierra Leone, population of, 13 
Spanish possessions in West Africa and their populations &c., 57, 58 
TRANSPORT, effected by means of waterways, or on the heads of natives, 17 
Turtles, abundance of, and mode of catching, 48 
VESSELS, class of, employed in the fisheries off the Canary Islands, 53 
», fishing craft represented altogether by canoes, 17 
WATER-RIGHTS, exercised in native States, 21, 22 
West Africa, affinity between the Indian and African species of fish fauna, 4, 5 
a »» importance of the freshwater fish industry, 10, 11 
“2 ,» list of memoirs dealing specially with the crustacean-fauna of the 
‘West Coast, 73, 74 
35 », literature referring to the fish-fauna of, 3, 4 
KS ,, means available for a large fishing industry, 63-66 
Pr »» names of fishes frequenting the shores of, 10 
West African Settlements, extent of, 12, 13 
Whale-fisheries, importance of the Canary Islands in the, 55 
Worship, ponds of fish, and certain rivers, objects of, 22 
