262 
Rockling, Three-bearded, 83, 86 
Rod, Spinning, 4 
» Tings, 6, 7 
»» spear (cut-and-thrust), 61 
Rooks, Bareness at base of bill, 217 
” Grass scarified by, 215, 216 
Ryde, Spearing Flat-fish off, 109 
Saithe, 82 
Salicaria locustella, 205 
Salmo feroz, 118 
Salmon, Disease in, 88, 89 
ss following the line when hook- 
ed, 90 
6 and Sea-trout, Numbers of, 
87 
- taken in Sea-loch, 88 
Sand Martin, 164 
Sap, Great discharge of, 225 
Scatwell Cap, 102 
Scotch Lochs, see “ Lochs” 
Sea Bream, 83 
»» Birds, Mortality among, 235 
» Devil, 88 
» fishing, 69 
Stern of boat best in, 67 
re 5 Tackle for, 72 
» lochs, Animal life in, 80 
» Birds on, 233 
3 Gull, see “ Gull” 
» Weed, Maggots from, 230 
Shells, Disposition of egg-, 167 
Shell-fish, in Scotch Lochs, 80 
Shrimps, as bait, 73 
te eat their own exuvie, 180 
Sillock, 82 
“ Silver Haddie,”’ 83 
Skate, 83, 98 
» Sour, 140 
Skin, Swelling of, from fish-diet, 139 
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INDEX. 
Small spotted Dog-fish, 83 
Suake and Eel, 174 
5, Fetidness of Common, ib. 
“ Snakes and Puddock-stools,”’ 137 
Snipe, 221 
Snooding, 86 
Snow Bunting, 204 
Spain, Large Lizard in, 171 
Spaniel, Anecdotes of, 181, 186, 190, 
191, 213 
Sparrow-Hawk, Determination of, 241 
Sparrows, House, flock together before 
hard weather, 223 
Spate, Artificial, 89 
Spear, Cut-and-thrust rod, 61 
Spearing Flat-fish, 106 
Sphex, 146 
Spinning, Directions for, 3 
» Rod for, 4 
oi Tackle for, 9 
Spoonbill, 203 
Sprats, 139 
Squaterola cinerea, 206 
Squirrel, Fancy taken by, 187 
Squirrels, 221 
Stag’s shed-horns, how disposed of ? 
179 
Starlings, Breeding of, in Isle of 
Wight, 195 
3s Vast flock of, 196 
Steamers, Fishing from, 94 
Stenlock (or Stedlock), 82 
Stickleback, Nest of, 110 
Stoat, Boldness and Voracity of, 242 
Stock Doves, Flocks of, 201 
Stoddart’s Angler’s Companion, 117 
Stone-Curlew, 206 
8 Murder of, 209 
Storm, Singular effect of, 224 
Stour, The, 20, 111 
Striking Jack, 19 
Sundays, Tameness of Animals on, 212 
Swallows killed by parasites, 165 
