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INDEX. 



Page 

 Pike, names of, and deriyations 184-186 



, ancient mention of . . . 186 



, age 187 



, Great King story . . . 188-190 



, other instances of ringed fish 190 



, size : Kenmure Pike, &a. . 191 



, comparative length and weight 194 



, "Jack" or "Pike" ... 194 



, growth-rate 195-197 



, rapidity of digestion, in- 

 stances of 197 



, Toracity, illustrations 197-200, 214 



, attempted " man-slaughter " 200- 



203 



, attacks on animals . . 203, 215 



, combats with eagles . . 217 



, between, and Trout . 217 



, toads refused, why . . 204 



, rats attacked . . . 204-206 



, teeth, engraving of . 206 



, new fishing-knue .... 207 



, boldness in taking prey . . 208 



taking a second bait after 



escaping from creel .... 15 



hooked three times running 15 



, odd capture . . . 292 



, sight of, anecdotes . 12, 63 



, tame, and hearing of . . . 98 



, artifice of the " Angler " or 



Fisliing-Prog 209 



, various " hunting-fish " 210-212 



, holding on without being 



hooked, &c 213 



, how to strike . . . 213 



, bubbles, cause of ... . 214 



, ravages of, in Trout-waters . 218 



, increase of, migratory theory : 



examples 218-222 



, " travelling- " and " burying- 



fish," account of . . 222-230 



, friendship and affection of . 230 



, gratitude — Tench .... 232 



, superstitions concerning 232-233 



, differences in quality . . . 235 



, colour when in season . . 235 



, giUs, figure of section . . 236 



, spawning-time, &o. . . . 236 



, principal characteristics . . 237 



, disease amongst . . 396 



Pink or Minnow . . ... 171 



Placoid scales (see p. 26). 



Flectoqnathi (see pp. 38, 41). 



PoUan. ... 367 



Pomeranian Bream 141 



Pope or Eufie ... 68 



Powan . 365 



Fre-nuixillary hone (see p. 28). 



Pre-operculum (see p. 30). 



Pride or Sandpride 412 



Productiveness of fish 20 



Proximal (see p. 8). 



Prussian Carp ... 411 



Pyloric caca (see p. 333). 



Baduliform teeth (see p. 34). 

 Eay-formulary, and directions for 



giving ... . 50-51 



Bemora, or sucking-fish . . 212 



Ee-oxygenating apparatus 10 



Reproduction, organs of . 20 



Respiration, organs of 8 



Eiver Bullhead . . .73 



, affection of .211 



River Lamprey, or " Lampern " . 408 



Roach 146 



, throat-teeth . . .93 



, fly-catching, anecdote . 140 



Eoe, soft and hard, names, arrange- 

 ment of, &c 21 



Round-tail (see " Trout, Bull- ") 302 



Rudd or Red-eye ... lo'.t 



Ruffe 68 



, affection of . 70 



Salmonidce, family of . . 238 



, characteristics of . . 238 



Sa?fflo, genus 238-352 



, , characteristics of 238 



salar . . , 238 



eriox . . ;ffl2 



trutta .... 306 



fario . . 313 



ferox . . . .334 



Levenensis . 339 



Cambricits . 341-344 



al2nnus . . . 343 



Coin 343 



Wilhighbii . . 346 



Grayi 349 



Salmon 238 



, advance of knowledge as to . 239 



, " Proved Facts " in history of 240 



