CONTENTS. 



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General Statement ....... 7 



The Influence of Trawling ...... 8 



The Hatching and Rearing of Food Fishes . . . .12 



The Pelagic Fish Eggs and Larval and Post-Larval Fishes of 



Loch Fyne . . . . . . .13 



The Invertebrate Fauna of the Inland Waters of Scotland . . 14 



The Migratory Movements and Rate of Growth of the Common 



Gurnard ....... 14 



Seine-Net Fishing for Herrings . . . . .15 



The Rate of Growth of Plaice . . . . .15 



On the Natural History of the Herring . . . .15 



SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 



I. Report on the Trawling Experiments of the ' Garland,' and on 



the Fishery Statistics relating thereto (Plate I.) . . 17 



Introductory . . . . . . . .17 



The Trawling Experiments of the « Garland ' in 1898 . .18 



1. The Moray Firth ...... 18 



Special Statistics of Fish caught by Line Fishermen . . 19 



2. The Firth of Clyde ...... 23 



Table A. — Showing Summary of Fish taken by the ' Garland' 



in Trawling Operations in 1898 . . . .28 



Table B. — Analysis of the ' Garland's ' Statistics relating to the 



relative Abundance of Fish . . . .34 



Table C. — Record of Observations made on Board the 'Garland' 



during 1898 . . . . - .35 



a. Fish caught ...... 35 



b. Physical Observations . ... 61 



