'])^ 



^ , ^ believe, the only attempt which 



Jtwyl CKa^ (Jt^A^a_^ ( ^ y% the Ichthyology of our Indian 



. tL »^/-, c) j.-j^g circumstances which have led 



jO' J /?S Si tlie circumstances which have led 



::^U9kJji.^^^^Ji^ ' f>4 ' 7U' " ^ ^ '^ ; if^*^^ . ■ legists who have preceded me in 



>^j. (j /^ 'V f-^ ikP 'iJ History in the East ; and I have 



^^fJLiu^'u-^ UP^^Mj»^^J^ ^'^^ - )f interest to the scientific pubHc, 



ay years since I commenced to 



1862 I was on duty at Cochin, 



the fish along that coast. The 



J I 1 ( jr- l(ClS^ mbodied in a work, "The Fishes 





n which the present and more 



bllowing manner. In 1867 Her 



bas Government, directed their 



he " should suppose that the 



the principal rivers on the East 



In consequence of this I was 



adras Presidency, in order that 



subject than had been offered 



■first the districts to the 



was afterwards instructed to 



erwards to British Burma, and 



occurred during these investi- 



is enabled me to visit many of 



r to India. 



. India in 1867, had, however, 

 ) erection of the weirs, had 

 50 of spawning, were not only 

 deposition of their ova, but 

 which they vainly attempted 

 T the native fishermen almost 

 a. The want of legislation 



