284 Advantage of floods and droughts in rivers. A 



use of closely-woven cruives, still the actual sight c 

 result has surprised even my sanguinely expectant 

 Two years' discouragement of poisoning, and one j 

 discouragement of fine cruives, have worked such a cl 

 that it has been demonstrated, beyond the cavil ev 

 the ignorant and of the interestedly opposing, that i 

 ed advantages can be reaped from the adoption of 

 two simple measures alone. 



27. An outspoken critic gave it as his very de 

 opinion that pisciculture in west coast rivers, that a 

 one time in high flood, and at another a mere dr 

 was "all gammon." He is probably not singular i 

 opinion. His objection, therefore, ought to be answ 

 This very variableness in the rivers, instead of beii 

 insurmountable difficulty, would seem to be the 

 convenient arrangement that could possibly be de 

 When the south-west monsoon commences, the rivei 

 at once in flood, and continue so> for four months, s 

 quently diminishing by slow degrees. This enable 

 grown fish to ascend to new feeding grounds in the fo 

 which are quite inaccessible to them at other times 

 ten-pound fish are to be found 



Say 2,500 feet high. ,, ,,, „, . t x 



way up the Mercara Ghat. I 

 high waters the big fish linger till the gradually si 

 ing streams warn them to drop gently downwards, 

 early spawners linger the longest to secure shallow v 

 for spawning; this done, they keep dropping gently i 

 wards with the continually decreasing, waters, and 1 

 the spawn they have deposited is hatched, they an 



