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Freshwater Sharks. 



CHAP. XIV. 



tail ; the circumference of the head being 3 feet 4 inches. The 

 marginal drawing is taken from a photograph kindly given me by 

 Mr. Cyril Kirkpatrick, and the fish was caught by his friend Mr. Van 

 Cortland, in the Jumna, at Okhla, at the head works of the Agra 

 canals, on the evening of the nth May, 1875. The history of the 

 capture is given in the Field of 24th July, 1875. It would seem that 



it took a Rohu, or labeo rohita, "of 12 or i4lbs." which was hooked 

 foul and being played, and ejected it as fish will, in the effort to get 

 rid of the hook, while being played. As it is probably the largest fish 

 yet caught with a rod and line in India, I must present a plate giving a 

 side view of it. Plate XL The Plate was originally copied by 

 permission from Dr. Day's work. 



