THE ROD IN INDIA. 



BEING HINTS HOW TO OBTAIN SPORT. 



WITH REMARKS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISH 

 AND THEIR CULTURE. 



BY 



HENRY SULLIVAN THOMAS, F.L.S., Madras Civil Service (Retired), 



Author of "Tank Angling in India." 

 Third Edition. 



As the Second Edition was, in comparison with the First Edition, nearly 

 half of it a new book, so the Third Edition makes a further stride in the like 

 direction, with more than a third of new matter. 



New Fish are introduced, with new methods of capture. 



Most of the previous Full-page Lithographs are reproduced, reduced by 

 photography to the size of the present handier volume, and two new plates 

 of fish are added. 



There are also Ninety-six Illustrations of Tackle in the letterpress. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON SECOND EDITION. 



"The highly valued sportsman's book." OVERLAND MAIL. 



1 ' Entertaining and exhaustive. . . . Already too well received to need recom- 

 mendation." SPORTING AND DRAMATIC. 



' ' Will also be read with real pleasure by lovers of the gentle craft in all parts of 

 the world. . . . A very thorough and excellent book. " GRAPHIC. 



' ' A thoroughly capital book in every respect. . . . Every pleasant page and 

 no page is unpleasant is a revelation. . . . Lead the reader on from page to page 

 with unflagging interest. . . . First-rate work. " FISHING GAZETTE. 



"To the angler going out to India Mr. Thomas's book will be a necessary part 

 of his outfit." FIELD. 



" Very pleasant reading." MADRAS MAIL. 



"Anglers will surely be delighted with The Rod in India. Naturalists will 

 undoubtedly take a keen interest. Readers with no special bias will be both grati- 

 fied and insensibly instructed. " ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. 



' ' The second edition will be heartily welcomed. The most exacting reader 

 need fear no disappointment, and the angler new to India will owe a debt of 

 gratitude. . . . Not a dull page." TIMES OF INDIA. 



"Very able." FRIEND OF INDIA. 



' ' A book to read for pleasure at home, as well as to use as a handbook of 

 exceeding value to the angler who may be already there, or intending to visit 

 India." LAND AND WATER. 



1 ' Very excellent and pleasant book. The chapter on the Natural History of 

 this Fish is one of the most interesting in the volume." NATURE. 



" We cordially recommend to all our readers." THE ASIAN. 



" Pleasantness of his literary style." THE ENGLISHMAN. 



Opinions of different Contributors to the * Angler's Handbook.' 



" His two books on fishing should be in the hands of every fisherman, as they 

 are charming masterpieces." p. 5. 



" First and foremost comes Thomas's splendid work, The Rod in India, a truly 

 valuable and delightful book. Thomas's Tank Angling is most useful to those 

 who go in for fishing of this kind, and, in fact, is useful to all anglers." p. 109. 



" Every fisherman should buy Thomas's books. The Rod in India is a master- 

 piece. There is no book on fishing comparable to it, since the days of Isaac 

 Walton." p. no. 



' ' All the information the most exacting fisherman could require is furnished in 

 Mr. Thomas's incomparable book, Tank Angling in India." p. 122. 



" Accept Mr. Thomas's teachings unreservedly and entirely." p. 123. 



" Mr. Thomas's excellent works." p. 134. 



" Mr. Thomas's book, Tank Angling in India, is a sine gu<t non to those who 

 have opportunities for this kind of sport." p. 139. 



LONDON ; 



W. THAGKER & CO., 2, Creed Lane, E.C. 



CALCUTTA : MADRAS : 



THACKER, SPINK & CO. HIGGINGBOTHAM & CO. 



