INDEX 



Aesch, see Grayling. 



Air bladder, Use of: in hear- 

 ing, 292; in "singing," 320; 

 in the roncador, 329. 



Albacore, description, habits, 

 and range, 192, 193; deriva- 

 tion of name, 193. See also 

 Mackerel; Tuna. 



Aldrovandus, quoted, 10. 



Amber fish, see Yellowtail. 



Amelia Island, Fla., Fishing 

 at, 213-215. 



Atoll, see Coral islands. 



Australian tuna, 252. 



Ayu, description and range, 

 247, 248 ; fished for by means 

 of cormorants, 247, 249, 250. 



Char, description and range, 

 142-144. See also Dolly 

 Varden trout. 



Chimaera, description and 

 range, 193, 194. 



Ciguatera. See Poisonous 

 fish. 



"Compleat Angler," see Wal- 

 ton, Izaak. 



Coral islands in the South Pa- 

 cific, formation, 77, 78. See 

 also Key West. 



Cronos, see Oannes. 



Cut-throat trout, description, 

 133-135. 141, 142; range, 133, 

 135- For allied species see 

 135-138, 140. 



Basking shark, description and 

 range, 202, 203. See also 

 Man-eating shark. 



Bassalian fauna, area, 52, 53, 

 56; various forms, 53, 55, 

 56; characteristics, 55; value, 

 56. 



Benisashi, see Red mullet. 



Beniteguri, see Dragonet. 



Berosus, quoted, 6. 



Bishop-fish, 10, 11. 



Black-bass, Fishing for, in the 

 St. Lawrence, 277-283. 



Black Current of Japan, de- 

 scription, 46 - 48 ; various 

 forms of life in, 45-51- 



Blind goby, description and 

 range, 329, 330; habits, 330. 



Bone Key, Fla., see Key West. 



Bonito, see Mackerel. 



Catfish, description and habits, 



291-293. 

 Cayo Hueso, see Key West. 



Daikoku, Japanese god of luck, 

 17, 18. 



Deal-fish, 28, 29. 



Devonian times, Life in, 287, 

 288. 



Doldrums, The, Various forms 

 of life in, 206-208. 



Dolly Varden trout, descrip- 

 tion and range, 42, 142-144. 

 See also Char. 



Dolphin, Stories of: by Pliny, 

 13; by Hegesidemus, 14; 

 changes of color, 209, 210. 



Dragonet, Japanese name for, 

 18. 



Dredging, Deep-sea, Methods 

 of, 54- 



Dredging vessels, 54. 



Du Bartas, quoted, 10, 232. 



Dugunonuatatori (great oar- 

 fish), 28. 



Ebisu, Story of, 16-18. 

 Euahanes, see Oannes. 



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