xxii Contents. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



FISHING GEAR AND OTHER SMALL BEER. 



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Waterproof wading stockings not recommended Short-tailed coat, 323 

 Broad-soled ankle-boots Greasing them Braces Thick socks Leech 

 gaiters, 324 White clothes objectionable Advantages of wading, 325 

 Crocodiles not to be feared, 326 323-326 



CHAPTER XXII. 



THE TAME OTTER. 



Its habit of feeding Its sense of smell under water, 328 Origin of its name 

 Its similarity to the dog, 329 Its easy domestication Its capacity for 

 showing sport Its utility as a means for catching fish Its destructiveness 

 in a wild state, 330 Anecdotes about otters, 332 Its scientific nomen- 

 clature and description, 333 Peculiar formation and use of its tail, 334 

 Other remarks on it Manner of rearing them, 335 Their end, 336 . . 328-336 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



SPAWNING. 



Artificial breeding in England, 337 Fry in rice-fields Different ways of 

 spawning, 338 Polygamy in fish Fish ova in the rivers and in the 

 sea, 339 . . 337~339 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



STOCKING PONDS. 



Sport might be had by it The Vallum pond experiment, 340 Labeo breeding 

 in ponds, 341 Proper selection of species Dry and cultivate your pond 

 Source of water supply to be considered Snail breeding, 342 The 

 weed to put in Overflow, 343 . . . . .-. . . . . . . 340-343 



CHAPTER XXV. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Avadavats going to bed, 345 Hooking crocodiles, 346 Spearing crocodiles 

 Difference between crocodile and alligator The Garial, 347 Crocodiles 

 have their uses Suffocating a porpoise and a whale Simple means of 



