( ii.um. \vn. Ckanos Salmoiiei L' 10 



the fish is Becuied, and the eventual victory lies with them. 

 Altogether it is a pretty and somewhat exciting scene to witness, 

 ially if the spectator be himself under fire. 



They are such magnificent fish that it is a thousand pities they 

 cannot be taken with a rod and line. 1 have tried spinning and th- 

 in vain. They have a mouth like a -icy mullet and might, perhaps, 

 be similarly tempted with a rag worm. But 1 should not be 

 hopeful, for the grey mullet also are very difficult to take with 

 a bait, as is well known. 



It may be noticed in passing that the acclimatization of salt 

 water tish to fresh water is no uncommon occurrence. There are 

 ponds in the sand strip between the sea and river at Mangalore 

 in which the water is fresh, and Yet they contain several distinct 

 species of purely sea fish that have lived and spawned there for 

 more than eight years. The salmon, shad, and bilfla, for instance, 

 change every year from sea to fresh water, and trout are found at 

 sea. So there is nothing extraordinary in the Clutnos satmcmeus 

 taking kindly to fresh water. 



