Chapt. xi. 1% rp. I 17 



and I have also taken them and Been them taken with a float and 

 paste bait But I have seen them taken over ^ lb, with a net I 

 have only seen them in the Adyar river above the anicut, and in 



the Red Hill Keservoir, both near Madras. Prom what little 1 

 know of thriu 1 cannot call them a sporting fish, hut may he that 

 is my fault for nol yet knowing enough about them. 1 have never 

 been at the trouble to try roving or bottom fishing with a gentil in 

 India. I should think it ought to just suit fish of this suit. I Eound 

 these fish always in still water. I see Day says they are to be 

 found in the fresh waters along the coast of India from Cutch to 

 Bengal, also in the Deccan, Mysore, and Madias ; he also received 

 a specimen from Darjeeling. Tamulians call it Shani Kendae, or 

 cow-dung carp, from its colour, but olive carp is to the same effect, 

 and prettier. 



Barbels iv. D. 12 (J) P. 17, V. 9, A 8 (J) C. 19, LI. 28-30. 

 L. tr. 6/6. 



The Lesser Barils. 



Barilius Canarensis. 



Ofthegenus Barilius, there are fourteen species in India. They 

 are so widely distributed that every Indian angler must come across 

 them. One of them, 7. /".attains some size, and is com- 



monly known as the Indian trout; under that name, therefore, it 

 will he treated of a little further on. The others run more or less 

 to 6 inches in length. I shall therefore call them the lesser Barils. 

 Plate XIV is a life-size representation of a full-sized fish. I have 

 given Barilius Canarensis because of its colouring being so beautiful ; 

 but B. Bakcri and B. gattnsis are to my knowledge so similar in 

 their habits that, for angling purposes, they are practically the same 

 fish. The colouring of the Barilius Canarensis is so very brilliant 

 that I cannot do it justice ; every colour, also, should shine like 

 burnished metal. Tie- Barils are a vi rj Lime little fish, rising to a 

 rly with a quick dart just as a burn trout does. They are an active 

 fish, and are to be found where the stream runs briskly among the 

 rocks, to be found in the stickles, and all about the edges of the 

 deep runs. They are in large rivers frequented by Mahseer, and in 

 the very same water. In fact, I was fishing for them once, and the 

 moment I had honked one, a Mahseer, recognizing that it was a 



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