BY T. L. BANCROFT. 95 
way is to pull in as fast as possible. I had already 
observed the same difficulty on the Gregory River when 
fishing for the Northern Barramundi, Scleropages jardinii, 
having noticed the fish open its mouth and reject the bait. 
On. the, Gregory, I succeeded in catching a few with night. 
lines, the fish being invariably hooked in the stomach. 
There are no water weeds rooting at the bottom in 
the Dawson River, though in places there is Azolla on the 
surface. The river is deep from the bank, rarely being 
less than six feet in depth even in a dry time. 
