CHAP. xii. Attaching the Fly -collar. 185 



For attaching the fly collar to the running line the accompanying Fig. i 

 is the ordinary knot. But when you are likely to be fishing on into the 

 dark when it will be difficult to see to untie any knot, you may 

 substitute the second knot, Fig. 2, and you will find that you can untie it 

 with your eyes shut. The finger feels the single knot at the end of the 

 line, the nail closes above it, and you pull that with one hand while you 

 pull the gut collar with the other. The knot comes undone. 



The following brief extract from Dr. Day's " Fishes of India," may 

 be useful for reference : 



Order. PHYSOSTOMI. 

 Family. CYPRINID^E. 

 Sub-Family. CYPRININA. 

 Genus. Barilius. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 

 A. With four barbels (Pachystomus}. 



1. Barilius vagra. D. 9, A. 13-15, L.I. 42-44. With 10 vertical bars. 



Sind Hills, Himalayas, Ganges, Jumna, and Brahmaputra. 



2. Barilius modestus, D. 9, A. 12-13, L.I. 43. Back dark, sides silvery. 



Sind and Punjab. 



3. Barilius radiolatus. D. 9, A. 12, L.I. 56-62. Silvery. Central 



India. 



4. Barilius shacra. D. 9, A. 10, L.I. 60-70. Twelve vertical bars. 



Bengal, N.W. Provinces, and Assam. 



5. Barilius bendelisis. D. 9, A. 9-10, L.I. 40-43. Short vertical bars : 



each scale with a black spot in adults. From Western Ghauts 

 throughout India (not Sind) to Assam. 



'R. Wtth two barbels (Bendilisis). 



6. Barilius barila. D. 9, A. 13-14, L.I. 43-46. With 14 or 15 vertical 



bars. Bengal, Orissa, and Lower Assam. 



C. Without or with only rudimentary barbels (Barilius}. 



7. Barilius Bakeri. D. 13, A. 16-17, L.I. 38. A row of large spots. 



Travancore. 



8. Barilius gatensis. D. 10-12, A. 15-17, L.I. 40. With 15 vertical 



bars. Western Ghauts and Neilgherries. 



9. Barilius Canarensis. D. 12-13, A. 14-16, L.I. 38. Two rows of 



spots. Canara. 



10. Barilius barna. D. 9, A. 13-14, L.I. 39-42. Nine vertical bands. 

 Orissa, Bengal, Assam. 



