Chapt. I. Co-operation of Anglers sought. 5 



endeavour to give my reader only what he cannot get better else- 

 where. Still it is impossible to do so altogether, and yel be in- 

 telligible tn the tyro; when I am more than ordinarily tedious 

 therefore to the practised fisherman, I can only hope that In- will 

 give me all he can spare of that commodity of which he is generally 

 believed to have such a plentiful supply, to wit, patience. 



If brother anglers reading these pages feel inclined to give me 

 the benefit of their farther experiences, I shall hope to embody or 

 quote them in some possible future edition. The collected wisdom 

 of all anglers in all parts of India might thus grow into a very 



complete 1 k, sufficient to show the best means of securing the 



best sport available in different localities in India. 



This invitation, thrown out in my first edition, has been very 

 kindly responded to by anglers. \.,t a few have written tome 

 direct, and others have contributed papers to the " Field," and to 

 the " Asian," sume professedly in answer to this invitation, others 

 in the same spirit of helping fellow fishermen to sport. For myself 

 I beg to tender cordial acknowledgments to all who have thus 

 helped in what I must call the kindliest manner. I am confirmed 

 in the conviction, always fixed in my mind, that it is very rare for 

 a good fisherman not to be a good fellow. For others, readers of 

 this little volume, the result is happy, for they will not be confined 

 to my ideas only, but will have the opinions and the experience of 

 others also. Believing that my readers will he glad to have the 

 views of others, as well as my own, and recognizing that India is 

 too large a field for any one person to cover unaided, I have 

 endeavoured to bring together in this volume all the information 

 kindly afforded by others. That contained in newspaper con- 

 tributions will he found in Chapter XXIY, on Fishing Localities, 



the source and the nam ,/,• phi me being always given. Some of my 

 reader-, may find double interest in, and attach increased weight to, 

 these contributions, from recognizing under a nam dt plvm 

 friend well known by them to be a master in the art. 



Besides the contributions of unknown writers, I am able to 

 give my readers two interesting communications, one from the 



pen of Colonel J. Parsons, and the other by <v>] -1 W Osliorn, 



Commanding 9th M.X.I. Sportsmen will find them both valuable. 



The further experience- had since 1873 has also enabled me to 

 introduce not n little additional mattei of my own. 



