Chaft. xxv. Spawning Time. 366 



lis]), for they are very numerous and as prolific as they are small. 

 and in addition to them there will always be the immature ash of 

 the Borts proposed to be surrendered to the two-inch meshes. 

 Moreover, if both these tail to Buffice, it is still easy to multiply 

 ad infinitum the supply of these smallesl fish by 



End of Tarn. 37. , ,,,-,, 



protecting the produce ot lull streams. 



79. [f, then, meshes of all sizes from two inches in circum- 

 ference upwards are allowed for the capture in the rivers of small 



of fishes, provision will have to he made fur the protection of 

 the larger sorts of fish liable to be caught therein, ami this might 

 be done by making it obligatory to return to the water all the 

 fallowing fish : — 



In tl 

 Those numbered in the list in Appendix <; 



1.1 



2, 



5, 

 fi, 

 7, 



-A' [-When of '.) inches in length or under. 



24. 

 85, 



L'»;. 



33, 

 34J 



80. The objection may be raised that few tish once caughi are 

 likely to be returned to tin.- water, and that consequently it will be 

 more practical to prevent their being ever i aught. But a sweeping 

 prohibition of small meshes will, it ha- been urged, be more bane- 

 ful than advantageous to the larger sorts of fishes, and the system 

 here advocated is the one followed in England, and by the aid of 

 punishments for offenders and rewards for informers might soon be 

 aet working in India. 



Spawning Time. 



81. The spawning times of all fish are probably subject to some 



variation in different years; the observations of a single year are, 



therefore, not to be implicitly relied mi. though carefully made. 



Then- has also been considerable difficulty with 

 Appendix O. . . 



some tish in capturing them at all times tor 



examination. But of the tish shown in the following table sufficient 



