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each hand without any rod Even with these precautions they '1" 

 better bj night than by day, and prefer the night fishing acc ord in gly . 

 Hut such fishing will not Buit as rod fishermen, far we could not 

 throw bo far. nor could we feel a bite through the rod, nor see a 

 float if it were allowed. From a sporting point of view, th I 



look upon these fish as gentry whose acquaintance i- bo be 

 cultivated in ponds rather than in rivers, though I am told there 

 are places in rivers where Europeans have good sport with them 



with ■ 



The ponds* in which I have caught them have beeu fed by 

 channels coming from a river, which channels brought down the fry 

 in flood time ; and the natives informed me that the spawn would 

 not vivify except in running water. I have, however, proved the 

 contrary by inserting fry into a rain fed pond, that ■ inly 



Km- of them, and watching them till they reproduced fry. Of this 

 pond at Vallain the reader will hear again hereafter in the Ch 

 on Stocking Ponds. This was before l'r. Day's " Fishes of India" 

 waspublished, in which 1 see lie says of! • . ■■ \- ,, :; 



• or more in length It lleiit as food, and 



" propagated with care in ponds in Bengal;" andol .' as he 



writes that it is extensively used for the pur] I inks 



in northern India, and attains nearly .". feet in length, and lAtbco 



attaining 2 feet is mentioned similarly. 



Very quick striking being necessary, a light rod is a am* qud 

 mm. If you have a roach rod, so much the better. lam content 

 with my little light single-handed trout fly rod, substituting a short 

 stiff spinning top for the fly top. This shortening and stiffening 

 quickens the stroke, but strike as quickly as yon may they will 

 still i quantity of your bait A I tine running 



line are indispensable The collar should be of tine drawn gut. 

 and the hook at least must Ik- on such gut. The float shoii' 

 of the lightest I indicative of thi 



touches of these adepts at halt stealing. Weight it so that when 

 the weight of the bait is added, about one-third only -at is 



visil ■ r. The handiest thing t-r weighting is tht 



drawn lead wire made by the Mai. :i Twin. S 



pany, of 51, < - Mai . by them 



• Vhout «x mile*' drive from Tanjore. I «p.:ik roughly from memoir. They 

 are the private property of a wealthy native, who ujed to prohibit netting th. I 

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