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Index 



Fish-head god, see Oannes. 



Fish-hooks, Ancient, Mate- 

 rials used in making and 

 where found, I, 2. 



Fish-stories, Ancient tellers 

 of: Pliny, 5, 13, 14; Chap- 

 lain Valentyn, 7, 8; Olaus 

 Magnus, 8-10, 12; Hegesi- 

 demus, 14; Sir John Mande- 

 ville, 14; Marco Polo, 14; in 

 the Bible, 2, 3; in Shake- 

 speare, 3; in mythology, 6, 7. 



Fishing, Ancient books on, 3, 

 4, 10; antiquity of, 1-4, 16. 



Florida reefs, Fauna and flora 

 of, 67-70. 



Flounder, see Halibut. 



Flying fish, in the coral 

 islands, 64; stories of, 71-73; 

 method of flight, 73, 74. 



Forests, Government owner- 

 ship of, 125, 126. 



Fossil fishes, one manner of 

 preservation, 81, 82. 



Fossil salmon, portions of, 147. 



Fur seals, rookeries on Pribilof 

 Islands, 155-160; on the Rus- 

 sian islands, 160; in the 

 Japan Sea, 161; in the South 

 Pacific and Atlantic, 161. 



Garfish, description and hab- 

 its, 69-71. 



Garibaldi, The, description, 47. 



Gesner, quoted, 7, 9-1 1. 



Giant bass, see Jewfish. 



Grayling, description and 

 range, 37-39, 44. 



Gurnards, 68, 69. 



Hagfish, description and hab- 

 its, 327-329; range, 327, 328; 

 as a parasite, 328. 



Halibut, description and range, 

 322, 323- 



Hammer-head, 83. 



Hea, see Oannes. 



Japan, National fish of, 17. 

 Jewfish, description and range, 



200-201; various names for, 



201. 



Kajika, see Sculpin. 



Kelp fish, description, 233, 234; 

 observation of specimens in 

 a tank, 233-236; nest build- 

 ing, 235, 236. \ 



Kern River, see Mount Whit- 

 ney. ■ <; 



Key West, 80, 81. 



Killer orca, see Orca. 



Kuro Shiwo, see Black Cur- 

 rent of Japan. 



Lamprey, description and hab- 

 its, 288-290. 



Limerick hook, 1. 



Linnaeus, quoted, 2, 7, 204. 



Luminous fish, 50, 55, 82, 83, 

 196. 



Mackerel, description and 

 range, 191, 192. See also Al- 

 bacore ; Chimaera ; O p a h ; 

 Swordfish; Tuna. 



Man-eating shark, 204. 



Manta, 204, 205. 



Manua, see Samoan group. 



Mary Island, see Coral islands. 



Mermaids and mermen, first 

 representations of, 7; stories 

 of, 7, 8. 



Minnow, various species of, 

 195, 196; their assistance in 

 mosquito extermination, 198, 

 199; description and habits, 

 293, 294- 



Monk-fish, 10, 11. 



Mount Whitney, Trout streams 

 on, 99-102. 



Mud-skipper, 74, 75. 



Muskallange fishing in the St. 

 Lawrence, 283-286. 



Nereocystis, found in Black 

 Current of Japan, 46, 47; in 

 The Doldrums, 207. 



Nests, methods of building, 

 235, 236, 270, 271. 



Northern orca, see Orca. 



Oannes, representations of, 6. 



