84 Hou\ When, and Where to Fish for Maimer. Chait. vi. 



of. I know they are to be found in the Mysore rivers ; T know they 

 are in the Cavery, the Bawanny, the Kistna, and the Toongabadra. 

 I hear of them in all the good rivers of Northern India. The Lover 

 of the picturesque will find them, admiring with him the adjec- 

 tive-exhausting falls of Gairsoppa, and dancing in the glad waters 

 of Hoginkal, and other falls of Cavery ; and I believe they have 

 every bit as much right as the Artillery to the motto Ubignie. 



But they mostly affect the rocky mountainous parts of rivers. 

 I had almost said they are confined to such parts, and are not to 

 be found where the river grows broader and shallower with a 

 sandy bed. There are no doubt instances where they markedly 

 cease as the river leaves the mountains, and I have known them 

 called an essentially mountain fish in consequence. But they are 

 to be found again where rocks recur lower down the river than 

 the sandy Hats, and there are deep pools and heavy runs among 

 the rocks; and they are even to be found in deep, still pools 

 without a rock in them, so that it is not clear what rule, if any, 

 governs their selection of locality. But I think there is no doubt 

 that they chiefly affect the rocky mountainous parts of rivers, 

 and that very many more and finer Mahseer are to be found in 

 such parts than lower down a river. To such parts, therefore, I 

 would recommend the Mahseer fisherman to confine his attention. 



We speak hen- of the whereabouts of the Mahseer only. The 

 localities in which to find other fish will be mentioned separately 

 in connection with each fish, and some peculiarities of position 

 will he noticed in the Chapter on Localities. 



It may be of service to the fisherman to have a list of good 

 angling stations, after the manner of "The Angler's Diary" in 

 England, together with hints as to how to get to them, and to 

 ovist at them; for though a river may he a good one, there are 

 sure to be particular parts in it in which the runs and pools are 

 deeper, and better, and more approachable than elsewhere. A 

 little information, therefore, on this head 1 shall endeavour to give 

 in a separate chapter. But it is obvious that, for such a vast area 

 as Hindustan, a list made out by any one man luu-t be exceedingly 



meagre, and 1 would suggest that if brothers of the angle would 



contribute information about the different localities they have 

 tried, we might very soon get together a goodly hatch of informa- 

 tion, so that new comers from England would be at no loss where 



