CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Peculiar formation and use of its tail 212 



Other remarks on it . . . . 218 



CHAPTER XVI. 



SPAWNING. 



Artificial breeding in England 215 



Fry in rice fields . .... 216 



Different ways of spawning . ... . 217 



Fish ova in the rivers and in the sea . . 218 



The rivers in the sea .... . . . 219 



Their recognition a means of tracing migratory fish in the sea . 219 



How sea-fish know their way .... 220 



Suspending vitality of ova in sun-dried mire ... . 221 



CHAPTER XVII. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Amadavats going to bed ... 223 



Hooking crocodiles 221 



Spearing „ 225 



Difference between crocodile and alligator . . 226 



Suffocating a porpoise . . . .... 227 



Simple means of making a well in a boat for live bait . . 227 



Oxygenating water for keeping live bait . 227 



A fish upside down rendered powerless .... . 228 



Fish renewing their Bcales ... . . . . 228 



Tbe lateral line . 228 



Sea-fish aoolimatized to fresh water . . . . 228 



Muddy fish improved in spring water . . . . 229 



Fish's sense of knowing where the water is 229 



Carryingdead fish 230 



