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practicable, the use of issuing suuh a proliibition appears 

 still more questionable. Tbe period, were one imposed, 

 would of course be tliat of tbe breeding season, from about 

 June to November inclusive, but it is during this period 

 tbat tbe shad ascends from tbe sea to breed, and it is only 

 prior to sueb time tbat it is iu good condition as food. Tbat 

 fixed engines witb small meshes at tbis period ought to bo 

 abolished no t^YO opinions are possible, but, tbat all netting 

 should cease, is, I think, open to a grave doubt, and Avould 

 not propose such a course. Secondly (2), in the hilly re- 

 gions, during the breeding season the mahaseer and other 

 large carps which ascend to breed (irrespective of the dry 

 season) most certainly need some protection : at any rate, 

 weirs spanning streams to arrest breeding-fish going up, or 

 capture them, or tbe most niinute fry coming down, should 

 be prohibited as destructive to the general fisb-supi)ly of the 

 country at large. Whilst to protect tlie shad, one day a 

 week might be kept free from fishing anywhere within 1^ 

 miles below an irrigation Aveir spanning a river up which 

 they ascend to breed" Also, lines armed with hooks should 

 not be allowed in passes in hill streams, as tliey not only 

 capture some ascending breeding-fishes, but woimd others 

 that only escape to die a lingering death. Thirdly (3), there 

 are certain localities in which netting, or fishermen engaged 

 in tbe process, or servants employed by them, should bo 

 prohibited, as Avitbiu a reasonable distance of irrigation weirs 

 which span rivers. What this reasonable distance may be, 

 must depend upon the clnracter of tlie under-sluices, and 

 the existence or the reverse of fish-passes. Tbe same pro- 

 tection is also necessary in the canals. Fourthly (4), certain 

 pools in rivers during the dry season of the year should be 

 protected from being fished, except by anglers ; tbis would 

 keep up a stock of breeding-fish in certain localities where 

 now the larger fish obtain no immunity. Lastly (5), as 

 regards rendering it penal to capture or possess the fry of 

 certain kinds of fish. This is a subject which is most inter- 

 esting, and one in which, could all informers and magistrates 

 be quite clear about, I would urge should be the law 

 as iu Europe. ]?ut I fear tbat very great difficultJes 

 Avill arise in derining what fish arc alluded to. Thus, 

 it is easy to decide that a .mahaseer under 1 or 2 lbs weight 

 should be an under-sized fisii. Ikit wliat is a maliaseer ? Of 

 course, tlie reply is that it is a carp of the genus Barbm, but, 

 unfortunately, several of the large species of this genus 



