Index. 



427 



Line, running, 284, 395, 399 

 Live bait v. dead bait, 57, 58 



picketed, 136 



baiting, native way of, 229, 230 



for Murral, 229 



Local fishermen, need for, 259 

 Localities for fishing (Chap. XXVI.), 

 105, 244, 247 



in which different fish are found, 

 106 



Lochleven Trout on the Neilgherries, 



264 



Loch Lomond anglers, 364 

 Locomotion of fish, 355 

 Longfellow, quotation from, 49 

 Loop, double, 276 

 Loss of weight after capture, 37 

 Lullutpore, 405 

 Lutianus roseus, 96, 253 

 Lutra nair and vulgaris, 329, 334 



MACKEREL fishing, 255 



Macrones, 214, 215 



Madavu. See Lates calcarifer. 



Madras Times, extract from, 413 



Magpies' feathers, 124 



Mahe, 240, 244, 374, 376 



Mahseer, a Barbel or Carp, 24, 52 



a fine, 35, 39, 401, 408 



bait for, 44, 62, 407 



bottom feeder, 45. 46 



chase prey, 91 



classification of, 24 



contrarieties of, 49, 52 



description of, by Dr. Day, 25, '26 



do not jump into the air, 15 



edibility of, when spawning, 43 



etymology of, 34 



- flies for, 115, 124, 125, 397, 

 403-405, 409, 414 



fly fishing for, 112 



food of, 44 



habitat of, 35, 105 



hooks for, 119, 269 



how to spin for, 57, 101 



in a boat, dangerous, 22 



kills small fish by compression, 48, 



52 



Mahseer, landing a, 18, 398 



migratory, 41 



misuse of the name, 146 



mouth of, 45 



name of, 24 



natural history of, Chap. III. 



ovaries of, 42 



pharyngeal teeth of, 47 



playing a, 12-17 



power of jaw of, 48 



propagating, 338 



rigidifies muscles of mouth, 52 



rod, 10, 62-65, IOI 2 99, 3 



setting rod for, 142-145 



size of, 34, 35, 401 



sexual difficulties in, 33 



spawning in batches, 42 



times of, 41, 43 



sport given by, 8, 9, 397, 402 



surprise their prey, 90, 91 



swimming power of, 9 



tackle for, Chap. XX., 269 



take bait head -foremost, 70, 71, 90 



taken in bright water, 49, 138, 402 



coloured water, 136 



taking a swallow, 407 



telegrams beneficial, 2 



varieties of, 27-34, 413 



vernacular names of, 26, 29 



weighing, 37-39 



with prolonged lip and beard, 33 



Mai, 404 



Mala, 369 



Malabar localities, 374 



Malapuram, 375 



Malkangiri taluq, 385, 386 



Malur, 379 



Manantoddy, 376, 381 



Manchester Cotton Twine Spinning 



Company, running lines, 288 



whipping cord, 306 



Mandagadde, 379 

 Mandaghery, 380 

 Mandalay, 389, 391 

 Mangalore, 369 

 Manjairy, 375 

 Manzerabad, 381 

 Maranhally, 381 



