See also:

• MAHSEER, or MAHASEER (Barbus mosal)

MAHSEER, or MAHASEER (Barbus mosal)  , a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• BARBEL (Barbus vulgaris)

barbel, abundant in the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, especially in pools of the upper and more rapid streams where they issue from the mountainous See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . It is one of the largest See also:

• SPECIES

species of the Cyprinid See also:

• FAMILY

family, attaining to a length of 3 to 5 ft., and sometimes exceeding a See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of 70 lb . Its See also:

• BODY

body is well-proportioned, rather elongate, and somewhat like that of the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European barbel, but covered with very large scales, of which there are only twenty-five or twenty-seven placed along the lateral See also:

• LINE

line; the dorsal fin is armed with a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and strong spine, and the mouth provided with four slender and See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short barbels . The lips are sometimes produced into fleshy lobes . To the fisherman in India the See also:

• MAHSEER, or MAHASEER (Barbus mosal)

mahseer affords the same kind of See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport as the See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Isles, and it rivals that See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish as regards See also:

• SIZE

size, strength and activity . Its flesh is likewise much esteemed .