Index. 



433 



Size of Labeos, 192 



Latss calcarifer, 249 



- Mahseer, 34, 35, 401 



Murral, 226 



Olive Carp, 179 



Red Perch, 253 

 Seer, 256 



- spoon, 61, 75, 129, 159, 402 



winch, 283, 288 

 Sleep, do fish, 352 

 Slowly fly fish, 127 



spin, 88, 89, 95 

 Smell, sense of, in fish, 86 



Otter under water, 328, 329, 331 



Smoky dun fly, 125 

 Snails, breeding of, 342 



manner of feeding, 343 

 Snood, 275 



Snow melting injurious to fishing, 104, 



402 



Sociable weaver bird, 81 

 Sohra, 404 



Sone or Song, the, 187 

 Soonamgunge, 409 

 Sopur, 387 



Sorts offish for bait, 73, 74 

 Sound produced by vibrations, 84 

 South Canara District, 367 

 S. P. and Delhi Railway, 187 

 Spanish student, 136 

 Spate ruinous to Mahseer fishing, 49 

 Spawn, small fish waiting for and eating, 



77 

 Spawning in batches, 42-44 



in the sea, 339 



Mahseer wholesome, 42 



- of Cat-fish, 339 



- Murral, 339 



- Perch, 338 



Salmon, etc., 338 



- Sharks, 339 



Stickleback, 338 



- Trout, 338 

 Spearing Crocodiles, 347 



Goonch, 408 



Special hook for Mahseer, 119, 269, 402, 

 414 



stations affected by fish, 1 1 1 

 THE ROD IN INDIA. 



Specimens, preservation of, 359, 362, 



363 

 Speech, the equivalent of, in fishes, 77- 



79,83-86 



Speed in spinning, 88, 89, 95 

 Spent fish, not always unwholesome, 42 

 Spinners, 69-72, 272 

 Spinning slowly up, down, and across 



stream, 88, 89, 95 

 tackle for Mahseer. See "K.'s" 



letter and 269 



versus fly-fishing, '55, 402 



when followed, 96, 128 



Spirit as a bait preserver discouraged, 86 

 Spoon crumpled up, 52 



Giri, 275 



hog-backed, 159, 275 



hog-backed fly, 128 



should be heavier than in England, 

 60 



size, weight, use of, 60, 6 1, 75, 129, 



159. 274, 402 

 size that a rod will bear, 6 1 



sizes for fresh- water sharks, 207 

 Sport might be created by stocking 



ponds, 340 



what is it, 8, 9 



Sporting power of Mahseer, 8, 397, 402 



Spring balance, 38 



Stalk your fish, 100, 108 



Standard of hooks, difficulty about, 118 



Steelyard proper, 41 



Stickleback spawning, 338 



Stocking ponds, 206, 340 



Stonehenge, 373 



Strength and size of Polynemus, 240, 



245, 246 

 Striking a fish, 100, 127, 128 



Labeo, 205 



Mahseer, 100, 164 

 Po'ynemus, 245 



fine, 166, 167 



Stuffing a fish, 359 



Subramani, 368 



Suction, bait taken by, 45 



Suffocating Porpoise and Whale, 348 



Sulking fish, 13 



Sultan's Battery, 376 



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