Chap. X Fishes
Ichthyology of Ceylon, little known 323
Fish for table, seir fish 324
Sardines, poisonous? 324
Sharks 325
Saw-fish 325
Fish of brilliant colours 326
The ray 326
The sword-fish 328
Curious fish described by Ælian 330
Salarias alticus 332
Beautifully coloured fishes 332
Fresh-water fish, little known,—not much eaten 335
Fresh-water fish in Colombo Lake 336
Perches 336
Eels 337
Immense profusion of fish in the rivers and lakes 339
Their re-appearance after rain 340
Mode of fishing in the ponds 340
Showers of fish 341
Conjecture that the ova are preserved, not tenable 342
Fish moving on dry land 344
Ancient authorities, Greek and Roman 345
Aristotle and Theophrastus 346
Athenæus and Polybius 346
Livy, Pompomus, Mela, and Juvenal 346
Seneca and Pliny 346
Georgius Agricola, Gesner, &c. 347
Instances in Guiana (note) 347
Perca Scandens, ascends trees 348
Doubts as to the story of Daldorf 350
Fishes burying themselves daring the dry season 351
The protopterus of the Gambia 352
Instances in the fish of the Nile 352
Instances in the fish of South America 353
Living fish dug out of the ground in the dry tanks in Ceylon 354
Molluscs that bury themselves 355
The animals that so bury themselves in India 357
Analogous case of 8
Theory of æstivation and hybernation 358
Fish in hot water in Ceylon 358
List of Ceylon fishes 359
Instances of fishes falling from the clouds 362
Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley 364
Comparative note by Dr. Gray, Brit. Mus. 366
Note on the Bora-chung 367