8. There Is, however, no reason why young men 

 properly selected as to physique, temperament, and other 

 qualifications should not be trained in Indian waters as 

 deep-sea fishing experts ; lads or young men can easily 

 serve as apprentices on sea-going boats, for there are no 

 such hardships here as in European or Japanese seas ; 

 climate and weather are favourable throughout the 

 fishing seasons, and the risks are slight. For this pur- 

 pose graduates are not necessary, but merely strong, 

 intelligent lads ready to take up a sea-going life of a 

 simple, easy, and near-home character, and to learn the 

 methods of handling new classes of boats and nets and of 

 handlino- the fish cauo-ht. 



My detailed proposals will be sent in shortly. I now 

 merely explain my reason for not going to Japan, my 

 change of views, and my general suggestions. 



9. In another letter dealing with the Indian Fisheries 

 Company at Cochin and its work, I am showing that both 

 in the catching and curing branches this Company's 

 operations will provide a large experimental station 

 where the very experiments which we contemplate will 

 be carried out on a o-reat scale and Indians will be trained 

 in all sea-going and preserving methods as well as in 

 matters not covered by our present programme, such as 

 the preparation of fish oil and fish manure. This is 

 another reason for o-oino- slow in sendino- Indians abroad 

 for trainino' in fish catchino-. 



10. Then as regards curing. I have mentioned just 

 above that the Indian Fisheries Company will conduct 

 operations not only in the catching but in the curing 

 branch ; the object is to send large quantities of whole- 

 some fish up-country and this can only be done at a 

 cheap rate by various curing and canning processes. 

 We should not, however, rely wholly on this Company's 

 efforts in curing any more than in catching, and I still 

 propose to open an experimental station ; not on the 

 West-Coast however, but in Madras for reasons to be 

 given below. For the teaching of canning and special 

 methods of treating fish I propose to obtain an expert of 

 the foreman or rising foreman grade from one of the 

 English firms whose works I have visited, and to attempt 

 a thorough development of this industry. But ordinary 

 curing is not a mysterious art ; it exists already on our 

 coasts, and what is needed are improvements and 



