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•■ winning back from the shore ami winding up as East as I conld, that 

 " very disagreeable sensation of ' He's off,' which every fisherman must 

 "know, came over me. In this instance, however, my alarm was 

 "groundless, as the fish still proved to he on. Another day I lost a fine 

 •• fish, that 1 had played for the besl pari of an hour, and had completely 

 "tired out, by a swivel breaking, making the second good fish lost in 

 •• that way. 



"The accompanying table shows the particulars of each day's 

 •' sport : 



March. Respective weights of fish in pounds. 



2nd. 86, 29, 17, 7, 8 (Tost 8 fish) 



3rd. 14, 40, 40, 36, IS, Is. 1 1 float 6 fish) 



lili. 38,18, 11, 3 (lost 3 fish) 



5th. 52, 22, 19, 11. t (i-t 2 fish) 



6th. 7, 7 (lost 2 Bah) 



Ttli. 17, 16, 10, 8, 3, 2 (lost 3 fish) 



M!i. 30, 18, 10, 8, 5i, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1 (lost 3 Bah) 



9th. 26, 21, 18, 16, 11, 10, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7, 5, 4, 3 



(lost 2 fish) 11 154 



10th. 43, 28, 24, 18, 11, 9, 8, 8, 7, 7, 5, 14, 4, 3, 3, 



2,2,2 (lost I Bah) 18 221 



Uth. 33, 13, 10, 7, 5,5, 5, 4J, t, 31, Si, 2} 2 (losl 



3 Bah) 13 98 



12th. 30,3 2 33 



" In eleven days 87 fish were caught, weighing 1,145 lbs. ; being an 

 •■ average of rather more than 13 lbs. 2-J oz. each. 



'• I hope I have been able to convey to your readers some idea of 



'■ what splendid sport Mahseer fishing is in India, especially in a g I 



•'river. For gameneSS ami vigour the Mahseer, to my thinking, is 

 •' .-uperior to any salmon ; his rushes are grand. His not taking fly as 

 '• readily as bait is, of course, a drawback. A friend has landed a 63 

 "pounder in splendid condition with fly ; but still it is undeniable that 

 "a man fishing with bait, natural or artificial, will make a heavier bag 

 "than one fishing with fly only. As far as my experience 

 " phantom minnows, natural bait, and spoon are all equally good, and I 

 " invariably gave them all a try over the same water. I used to weigh! 

 "my line very heavily, putting on at least the weigh! of an Enfield 

 "bullet, and to that* I attribute my catching heavier fish than A. The 



• Because the Ifabaeer i» mainly a bottom feeder, and » great Bah eater. See 

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