Ohapt. x.xiv Mysore. 315 



Mysore. 



Somewhat recently I have had an opportunity of giving the 

 Toongabadra a trial, and was grievously disappointed, for though 



the water was in the places named below all that could be desired, 

 and though I did run a few really big fish, the fishing was very 

 poor indeed. Not only did I see the rivers very thoroughly netted 

 by men who understood their business right well, and travelled in 

 gangs netting all the rivers all their lengths, but I saw also cruives 

 set for fry, and was told that poisoning was practised. This seems 

 to be the fate of all rivers in much inhabited or easily accessible 

 localities. Only in out-of-the-way jungly tracts do the fish get a 

 chance. I tried the following places in Mysore, which I may, 

 perhaps, most fairly describe by calling them worth wetting a line 

 in by those on the spot, but not worth making a pilgrimage to as I 

 did :— 



Tirthahalle. 

 Malur. 

 Mandagadde. 

 Sacrabyle. 

 Shimoga. 

 Balehannur. 

 The last place is not very far from Calasa, where, in former 

 years, I had excellent fishing. 



Mr. Sanderson, author of " Thirteen Years among the Wild 

 " Beasts of India," also gave me the following list of likely places 

 in Mysore, but it was in 1873, when he was not so great with the 

 rod as the rifle, and I should attach more weight to it if I could 

 send it to him to be revised with his present knowledge. I 

 should think the forest-clad Cubbany should be good, negotiated in 

 a boat. 



Hoonsoor should be your first place ; from there you can go to 

 t hunchincuttay, on the Cavery, about 16 miles, where there are 

 considerable falls in the river. There is lots of accommodation in 

 the temple, and a Channel Department hut; but take supplies for 

 a day or two, till you can get into swing from Hoonsoor. There is 

 a good cart road. 



About 50(1 yards below the fall there is a small pool with big 



