INDEX. 



247 



Thomson's (of Banchory) proposal to 



Dee proprietors, 233. 

 Thurso, private Bill in 1860 for river, 



165. 



artificial ponds on, 227. 



Tidal waters, right of fishing in, 7. 

 Title, 345 persons fishing on Scotch 



sea-coast without, 199. 



Towns on rivers pollute water, 209. 



"Travelling condition," period of, in 

 Scotland, 114. 



Trout, ascent of trout in the Tweed, 

 68 ; time of spawning, 69 ; bull- 

 trout of, 71. 



" Trout" of Tweed reports is Salmo 

 eriox, 129. 



Tumults in Ireland caused by intro- 

 duction of stake and bag nets, 130. 



Tweed, experiments on smolts in, 

 56. 



proportions of salmon, grilse, 



and trout taken in net-fisheries, 

 65. 



rental of fisheries on, 99-107. 



nature of its bed for fishing, 



1 09 ; salmon in regarded as spoil, 

 111. 



long and late fishing on, 118 -, 



Act prohibits " bar-nets," 126. 



Scotch when at war with Eng- 

 lish might fish at any time in, 137, 

 138; close-time on, 154. 



differing from other rivers as a 



salmon range, 156. 



stake and bag nets on, not abo- 

 lished by BiU of 1859, 160. 



woollen manufactories affecting 



purity of, 207. 



salmon, chances of a, 280. 



Two-years' theory regarding migra- 

 tion of parr, 44, 52. 



Tyne, Salmon in, much reduced in 

 numbers, 116. 



Uniform machinery only must be 

 employed, 142. 



Upper proprietors. Victories of, 143 ; 

 interests of them and lower pro- 

 prietors identical, 147. 



chiefly want sport, 151. 



Value of salmon -fisheries in Ireland, 



8 ; in Scotland, 9. 

 (average) to upper and lower 



proprietors, 152. 

 Vegetarians on cruelty, 19. 

 Voluntary closing of fishing season, 



145. 



Wallace of Kelly, Bill stopping net- 

 fishing on 24th August, 146. 



Walton (Izaak) a good man, 24. 



on experiments made in his 



days on young salmon, 35 ; knew 

 parrs were only found in salmon 

 rivers, 38 ; erroneous observation 

 when salmon are best, 149. 



Water more productive than land, 

 221. 



Water of Leith and sewage, 209, 210. 



Water-poaching on Tweed, 111. 



Weavers of Hawick, Selkirk, and 

 Galashiels, water-poachers. 111. 



Weddel (Robert) on the stell-net, 157. 



Weekly close-time as now extended, 

 171. 



Weight of grilse. Increase in, 57. 



in difi'erent months, 75; argu- 



ment from weight, 79. 



Westbury (Lord Chancellor) on prin- 

 ciples of salmon legislation, 141. 



Wharfe (river), in Yorkshire, Experi- 

 ments on salmon in, 47. 



Whitadder, Kelts marked at mouth 

 of, 84. 



Wholesome, When salmon are most, 

 149. 



