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Index 



Sequoia, see Redwood. 



Shark, see Basking shark; 

 Hammer-head ; Man - eating 

 shark; Swell shark; 

 Thresher shark. 



Silver fall-fish, its nests of 

 stones, 270, 271. 



Slime-eel, see Hagfish. 



Sluper, quoted, 10. 



Spearfish, see Swordfish. 



Steelhead trout, range, 122, 

 139; description, 138, 139, 

 141, 142. 



Storm-fish, 195, 196. 



Sunfish, description and hab- 

 its, 290, 291. 



Surf-fish of California, 197, 

 198. 



Swell shark of Southern Cali- 

 fornia, 326; allied species, 

 326, 327. 



Swordfish, confused with other 

 fish, 12; description and 

 range, 216, 217; off the Flor- 

 ida coast, 221-224; a menace 

 to life and navigation, 222, 

 225. 



Thresher shark, 326, 327. 



Trout, original parentage, 

 133; first found in America, 

 132; range, 132, 133; hatch- 

 ery at Brookdale, Cal., 129; 

 European use of name, 132, 

 142; preservation of, at 

 Mount Whitney, 99-102. See 

 also Char. 



Trout fishing in the Rio Car- 

 melo, 90-95; on the Cascade 

 Mountains, 103-116; in the 

 San Lorenzo, 122, 123, 126- 

 128; in the Soquel, 128-130. 



See also Cut-throat trout; 

 Dolly Varden trout; Rain- 

 bow trout; Steelhead trout. 



Tuna, various species and their 

 range, 192, 208; fishing for, 

 off Santa Catalina Island, 

 227-231; as a plunger, 252; 

 uncertain appearance, 259- 

 261, 264, 266; in Sicilian wa- 

 ters, 261-264. See also Al- 

 bacore; Australian tuna; 

 Chimaera; Mackerel; Opah; 

 Swordfish. 



Tuna Club of Avalon, Santa 

 Catalina Island: regulations, 

 266-268. 



Tutuila, see Samoan group. 



Umiuma, see Sea horse. 



Valentyn, Chaplain, quoted, 7, 



8. 

 Viviparous fish, 197, 198, 203. 

 Vogmar, see Deal-fish. 



Walton, Izaak, facts of his life, 

 32, 33; his favorite fishing 

 ground, 30-33; Lowell's esti- 

 mate, 35, 36; quoted, pas- 

 sim. 



Whales, mistaken for land, 9; 

 attacked by other monsters, 

 12, 326', 327. 



Wind, Superstitions concern- 

 ing the, 124, 125. 



Yellowtail, in Black Current 

 of Japan, 49 ; at Avalon, Cal., 

 308. 



Ziphius, see Orca. 



