CHAPTER XXVII. 



STRAY CRUMBS FOR THE NATURALIST AND 

 PISCICULTURIST. 



•• And tlii* imr life, exempt from public- haunt, 

 Find in trees, books in the running brooks, 



Scrinons in stones, and good i" everything." — 



As lor likk ir. Act ii, Sc. 1. 



Page 

 The superficial urea of the propelling power of t e Mahseer. "Trying to 



account for," Ac.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 



The Natural Historj of the Mahseer, Chapt. III. For particulars of which, 



see Contents. See also Mahseer in [ndex. 

 The Mahseer a great fish eater, though a Carp. " To any one," &c. ■. .. 35 

 :'s extraordinary power of compression with a soft leathery 

 mouth. " But we have not," &c 35-37 



, birds, communicate 



te of the fish preyed on not neceesarily regulated bj th i 

 preying on them, the largest fish frequently taking small 



Fish communicate ideas to each other 

 Fish have brains, and think with them 

 Monkey- converse 

 Dogs „ 



Bison „ 



Antelope, sheep, tigers. 

 \ ■ • communicate 

 Molluscs converse 

 Fish speak 



„ hear 



„ smell . . 



A fish's different manners of ascending and descending streams 

 A fish's way of preying " Predatory fish," &c. 

 Social animals must con 

 Short-sightedness of fish under water 



„ „ out of „ 



Distribution of Mahseer, last para, in 

 the same places 



Barbux Camaticus .. 



,, ,, acclimatized on the Nilau'iri U ills 



size of the lish 

 baits in prefer- 



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