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I have still given some painstaking attention to the subject on which 

 I write : " J'ai 1'honneur de vous informer que la Societe d'Acclimata- 

 tion, sur la proposition de sa Commission des recompenses, vous a 

 de'cerne une medaille de i ere classe pour vos travaux de pisciculture 

 dans 1'Inde." 



TO THE CRITIC. 



" Spare the rod ! ! " 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



For two of my plates,* the Mahseer and the Murral, I am indebted 

 to the courtesy of Dr. Bidie, Curator of the Government Museum in 

 Madras, who very kindly afforded every facility to my draughtsman. 

 The Barilius Bakeri has been copied by permission from Dr. Day's 

 * Fishes of Malabar.' 



H. S. THOMAS. 



MANGALORE, 

 April, 1873. 



These plates have not been used in the present edition. 



