Index. 



429 



Ophiocephalus gachua, unsuited for live 

 bait, 142 



habits of, 228 



live-baiting for, 229 



position of its eye, 228 



shooting, 227 



spinning for, 228 



Ordering tackle, hints on, 269, 316 

 Oreinus, wrongly called a Trout, 186 

 Osborn's, Colonel W., contribution, 240 



rod, 242 



Otter and Jack fight, 330 



artificial, 312 



distribution of, 333 



etymology of, 329 



feeding of, 335 



follows scent, 328, 329, 331 



Indian, 333 



Jerdon's, 333 



live. See Contents, Chap. XXII. 



pleads not guilty, 336 



tail of, 334 



tameable, 330, 333 

 usefulness of, 336 



Ova hatched in the mouth, 339 



proportion reared naturally and 



artificially, 337 



small fish eating, 77 

 Ovaries of Mahseer, 42 

 Overflow, 344 



PACE at which to fly fish, 112 



spin, 88, 89, 95 



Pachmarhi, 267 



Paddle your own canoe, 57 



Paddybird's wisdom, 151 



Pain-giving by angling, 350, 403 



Palayur, 372 



"Paleface's" flies, 409 



letter to the Asian, 409 



Palgat, 375 

 Pamban Salmon, 248 

 Pandikad, 375 

 Pandritan, 387 



Pangwas, setting rod for, 143 

 Paper scent, 358 

 Parakudu, 374 

 Paraputhorai, 372 



Parson's, Colonel, method of fishing, 136 



paper on the Barilius bold, 186 



snood, 130 



Paste baiting, 143 



bait, recipe for, 202 



Pathurpore, 404 



Paucity of anglers in India, 6 



Paupanassam, 378 



Pawzgam, 387 



Peculiarities of Mahseer, 49, 52 



spawning, 338 



Pennagaram, 377 



Pennell-eyed hooks, 119, 120 



Petambadi, 374 



Perch caught with its own eye, 350 



estuarial, 253 



Periyar, 373 



Persian origin of name Mahseer, 34 



Peruval, 26 



Phantom minnow, 56, 61, 402 



Pharyngeal teeth of Mahseer, 47 



" Phoonghee's" letter, 413 



Picketted live bait, 136 



Pike, 50 lb., caught on 7-lb. bait, 75 



Pike-gag, 209 



Pike-like Murral, 226 



Pirmeid, 373 



Pisciculture indebted to anglers, 2, 3, 4 



Pisciculturist, disadvantages of Indian, 4 



Places for fishing. See Localities. 



Plaster of Paris, renewing, 361 



Playing a fish, 12-17, 399 



Pliable rod, method of using, 101 



Pliability of rod advocated, 10, 62-65, 



101 



Podiya, 386 

 Polygamous fish, 339 

 Polynemus, flight of hooks for, 242 



manner of fishing for, 243 



peculiarities, 240 



rod for, 242 



season for, 245, 248 



strength and size of, 240, 245, 246 



striking a, 245 



tackle for, 242 



their food, 241, 242 



where to find, 240 



Pond drying, cultivating, stocking, 342 



