THE GAME FISHES OF THE WOELD 



The lakes and rivers abound in fish. Kodaik^nal in the 

 Pulney Hills, a mile above the sea, contains a Baril which takes a 

 fly, and in Lake Ootacamimd you may take a number of fish. 

 While passing, it might be mentioned that the owner of Lake 

 BeUikal, which affords good angling, is V. Thiruvengada Sw^mi 

 Mudaliar, according to the unbelievers a most excellent name 

 for an angler. 



English trout have been introduced in some Indian waters 

 as the Pykara Eiver, Avelanche Eiver and Burnfoot Lake. 

 The Dodabetta reservoir and Kunda Eiver have trout. The 

 gouxami found in India and Chinese waters is a hard fighting 

 fish, and a fish of peculiar character, chiefly interesting for its 

 nest-bmlding habits which I have been fortunate in observing. 

 The Gourami (Osphromenus goramy) is a native of China and has 

 been introduced into India and many lands. It wiU grow in 

 favourable localities to a length of six feet and attains a weight of 

 one hundred pounds, a big, hard-pulling, hard-fighting fish ; yet 

 it is one of the few fishes which builds a dainty nest. 



In Siam, Assam and Burmah and the neighbouring islands 

 there are many fine sea-fishes, and many interesting ones in the 

 lakes and streams. One, the Kttle paradise-fish, I have been told, 

 will take a fly ; but it must be a dry fly of the smallest kind. I 

 was once fortunate in having a pair of these beautiful httle 

 fishes under my observation for a number of days, where I could 

 watch their nest building, which was a most interestiag sight. 



In wandering around the world the angler will find trout 

 fishing in unexpected places, as at the IsTilguls, Ceylon, where the 

 I^Ugiri streams have been successfully stocked with American 

 rainbows. The consummation of this feat was celebrated with 

 due form, and His Excellency the Governor opened the season 

 by landing the first fish. In Ceylon the Nuwara EHya has been 

 stocked with brown trout, Salmo fario, and rainbows. The 

 latter stand the heat well. The Ceylon fishing club now attends 

 to the stocking and has excellent sport. 



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