326 Fishing Localities. Chait. xxiv. 



" jiliantoras wo used were at least 6 inches long. Big fish, however, 

 " have been landed with much smaller ones. The principal objection to 

 '• the small phantoms is the difficulty* of being able to use hooks strong 

 "enough. My favonrite spoon was the size of a dessert spoon. 



" The sun in the day time in March is powerful, the nights are very 

 " cool — almost cold. The previous year we fished in April ; even then 

 " living under canvas is bearable ; but the great objection is not so 

 " much the actual heat as the constant dread of the snows melting, for 

 " when that happens an end is of course put to all sport for the 

 " season f 



" Our two friends landed 330 lbs. of fish, but caught none of any very 

 " great size. They were fishing five days. In the previous year three 

 " rods (of which I was one) caught 700 lbs. in five days, averaging over 

 " 18^ lbs. each, in this same river, the Pooneh. In one day we landed 

 " 358 lbs.— K." 



An Extract from " The Asian," of 2nd September, 1879. 



" In most localities, it is quite out of the question going out in July, 

 "August, and September. The rain is one hindrance, muddy} water 

 " another, fever, etc., a good third. The consequence is, no one ventures 

 " out, except perhaps once or twice during what should be ' close ' 

 " time. The only true fishing months may, therefore, be confined to 

 " October and November, and from February to the rains. 



" First, then, Mirzapore is the railway station, and thence some 

 " 25 miles down the Rewah road is a dak, or rather a road bungalow, 

 " to which, whilst I was stationed at Mirzapore, the courteous engineer 

 " never refused entry ; supplies and servants mnst be taken, as no estab- 

 " Iishmentis kept; permission to occupy the bungalow miw In obtained. 

 " In the hotter months and rains the shelter is a necessity ; and in the 

 " cold weather tents are preferable. The river, the Beylun, is about 

 " 300 yards from the bungalow, and tlio best fishing is just above and 

 "just below the bridge, an ' Irish ' one. Here, on 11th October, my 

 "diary reminds me of the capture of a full 1- lb. (isli, and with the 



* This difficulty is got over by a hook made specially for Malisecr. — See 

 page 220. 



t Colonel I'ursoiia has now shown us Unit we amy still continue fishing liy liis 



in. -I I od. Chapter I X. 



X This difficulty is now overcome. - s " Chapter IX. 



