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" where it cute the Oorcha or Tehree road. Fish down stream. You 

 "gel splendid ran. Do nol despise the water because ii is rather 

 •• Bluggish at places, and does aoi lo tk deep. Lower and aboul 1 miles 

 •• from .lli;msi ofi the Burwa Sagar road, is the besl and deepest pool; 

 •• tmt though there are numbers of iisli in it, I do not remember ever 

 "to have taken there one good trout. No reason why others should 

 " not, but it was puzzling. 



"Oorcha, the ancient capital of the Raja of Teekumgarh or 

 " Tehree, has a wall aid and It.. ken, in parts made of loose rocks and 

 "boulders piled up, and 1 fear to say of how many miles in circurn- 

 " ference. It is 7 miles, probably. A Gazetteer would simplify 

 "matters. The ruins are grand. Here we had many a merry party, 

 "and many a jolly day. The Betwa runs close under the old temples, 

 " and fish are fairly numerous, though I have never seen one above 

 "8 lbs. The rapids are splendid, and there is a dam below the old 

 " city, which was once unbleached, bnt has been neglected, and now 

 '" has one or two rifts in it, and the waters pour through in wild 

 " disorder. Many a good fish have I taken there. 



" Most successful was a fly I describe now. Body orange wool, 

 "gold twist, yellow tail and yellow wings, with a 'taste' of red on 

 "the shoulders. It is very killing. 



"Another. Body dark yellow, tag of peacock hail, wings black 

 " with a few peacock harl in it. I found, however, bright English 

 " Salmon flies take well too. 



" Then the country above Oorcha is splendid. The scene rv all the 

 "heart could desire, and the Betwa winds through forest lands, now 

 " one united stream, and now through several channels, sometimes 

 ir of trees, and more often bordered by them thickly. Fishing 

 " is grand, and so is it all on to the bridge over the Jhansi and 

 " Lullutpore road. I would like once again to camp up the Betwa's 

 " bauks from Oorcha to the bridge on the road, and fish the old pool s 

 " Just above the bridge, too, is one of the finest pools in the river. It 

 "is a 'still' pool, and requires fishing, but has given good sport. I 

 •• have given no fly for the Pahooj or Babaries, but here they are, and 

 "I am indebted to a knowledge of the first to a friend about those 

 " parts : — 



"1. Body red, silver twi>t, wings black, tipped with white (the 

 " common .Mvna will furnish this or the Turkey), hook rather small. 

 " 'J. The ' red spinner.' 



"3. The 'black spinner,' with silver twist. 1 found gold twist 

 " answer too. 



"The ah probably the best flies, but there inaj be others. 



