INDEX 
ADIPOSE fin of the Salmon, the, 45 
Affection in fish, the lack of, 9 
Age of a Salmon, how to tell the, 62 
of a Plaice, how to tell the, 117 
**Alevin,” 50 
Anchovy eggs, length of time to 
hatch, 110 
Anglers, Kelts as a nuisance to, 67 
Apparatus for cutting out light, 172 
Aquaria, photographing fish in 
public, 174 
Bair for Carp, strange, 92 
Beam trawl, the, 133 
Billingsgate fishmarket, 132 
Bladder, description of the gas, 102 
Blenny, signs of fear of the, 7 
, attitude when attacked, 38 
Brook Trout of America, the, 87 
Brown Trout, the change in the, 81 
Bul] Trout, the definition of a, 84 
Bundles of brood, 149 
Byssus on dead eggs, the growth 
of, 19 
Carp, signs of fear of the, 7 
——.,, strange bait for, 92 
—— as a sporting fish, 93 
, fishing for, 94 
——,, the habit of burying in winter 
of, 95 
——. where, thrive best, 95 
—-, on what they feed, 96 
——., the throat teeth of the, 97 
——,, the fertilised egg of the, 98 
—— cooked in beer, German, 106 
family, the members of the, 92 
, the similarity of the, in 
early stages, 100 
Char, where found, 86 
Cilia, 147 
Cod, Jelly fish as protectors of 
young, 108 
——,, the food of the, 109 
——,, members of the family of the, 
109 
N 
193 
Cod, floating eggs of the, 109 
Colour, action of, 34 et seq. 
. alteration of, in fish, 34 
of tropical fish, 36 
——, bright in certain fish, 37 
— cells, the effect of light on, 29 
Cottus, signs of fear in the, 7 
» attitude when alarmed, 38 
Crabs as enemies to the Oyster, 152 
Crustaceans, how to obtain Fresh- 
water, 181 
Culltack, the use of a, 150 
** Cultch,” description of, 148 
Curiosity of fish, the, 9 
Dace, the protective colouring of 
the, 22 
——, the cause of the silvery ap- 
pearance of the, 26 
Diatoms as food for larve, 111 
, the increase of, 153 
Dog-fish, the egg of the, 10 
Drift-net, the use of the, 127, 131 
EEL, the migrations of the, 123 
——,, the broad-nosed, 124 
——., the sharp-nosed, 124 
——, the probable spawning ground 
of the, 125 
——,, ability to travel across land, 
126 
baskets, the use of, 127 
Eggs of Dog-fish, 10 
, time taken for hatching Dog- 
fish’s, 10 
—— of Perch, 11 
of Ray, 11 
of Roach, 11 
—— of Salmon, 11 
—— of Skate, 11 
—— heavier than water, 11 
lighter than water, 12 
——,, floating, 12 
—— of Herring, 12 
——, the transparency of floating, 
12 
