Chapter D

Diver, fearful incident connected with the, 111, 112.

Dredges for shrimping, 76.

Dress for shrimping, 79.

_Dromia lator_, the, 64.

E.

_Echinocerus cibarius_, the, 65.

Eel-basket, how constructed, 10.

Eel-grass, 99.

_Euplectella_, the, 38.

F.

Feejee Islands, affection of a chief for a little midshipman, 3.

Fairy shrimp, the, 87.

Fiddler crab, the, 29.

Fish, hooking of, 18.

Fish-hooks, how to manage them, 12.

Fishing, implements proper for, 17, 18.

Fishing leads, 20.

Fishing-tackle, of great utility, 14.

Floating crabs, 68.

Float-line, mackerel-fishing with the, 19.

Flower-basket of the Philippine Islands, 35, 36;
its curious shape and texture, 38.

Frame-reel, use of the, 15.

G.

_Gelasimus_, a genus of crab, 57;
his curious habits, 58.

Goat crab, the, 64.

Gray, Dr., on Venus’s flower-basket, 38, 39.

Greenland whale, fed by shrimps, 83.

Gut-knot, use of the, 17.

H.

Half-hitches, use of, 13.

Hand-line fishing, 15.

Harbour crab, the, 29.

Hermit crabs, 33.

Hooking of fish, 18.

Hoop-net, the, 80.

J.

Japan, crustacean life on the coasts of, 61.

K.

Keer-drag, for shrimping, 75.

Killick, use of the, 11.

King-Crab, of the Eastern Seas, 58.