330 Fishing Localities. Chapt. xxiv. 



" My experience of Jhansi dates only over a year. There are others 

 " there who, if they would, could give better information. Then the 

 " Dessaun. I hate the river ! There are lots of fish in it, though I do 

 " not think so many as in the Betwa, but I never could get a bag 

 " ont of it. 



" The ' Ghat ' off the road from Jhansi to Nowgonjj, about 38 miles 

 " from Jhansi, and 15 or so from Nowgong, is the place I wonld choose 

 " to try my luck. From thence one can fish some rapids about a mile 

 " and a half down stream, and some two miles up stream, besides what 

 " fishing one could get immediately above and below the Ghat itself. 

 "Very fine trout are to be had above and below the 'cold weather' 

 " bridge. There is a good pucka road from Jhansi to Nowgong, and 

 " on both banks of the river, bungalows, permission to occupy which 

 " has never, to my knowledge, been refused. 



" Then there is Mow, near Raneepore, about 30 miles from Jhansi, 

 "and 8 miles from the Ghat. Yon must pass Mow, if my old friend 

 " will let you get to the Ghat, and there, though there is a dak 

 " bungalow, with a ' call ' or without one, the chances are you will 

 " not be allowed to occupy it, but be most hospitably entertained, and 

 " vielcomed by as good-hearted a man, and as jolly a sportsman as ever 

 "stepped. "What is more, he would beat most fellows into ' fits,' with 

 "a gun, and just pride himself on showing you the best sport to be 

 "had all round his place, so one cannot do better than visit Mow, if 

 " thereabouts. 



" Chirgaoo. is about 18 miles, if I rightly remember, from Jhansi, on 

 " the Jaloun road. There is here a road bungalow, but the good 

 "fishing ground on the Betwa, which is about 3 miles from Cbirgaon, 

 " is at and about a place called Goolara, some 3 to 4 miles on the 

 " Jhansi side of Chirgaon. 



" The fishing from Goolara to Dhunna is magnificent, but you 

 " must ' tent ' it, and remember, that though your ' rises,' and probably 

 " 'takes,' will bo numerous, the fish will very seldom exceed 7 lbs. I 

 "do not remember ever trying spinnlmj, but from what I saw of fish 

 "in the pools from high banks, my impression is, they do not run to any 

 "greater size in the rivers of Jhansi and Lullutpore than 12 to 15 lbs. 

 " My experience of these districts is respectively about a year each, 

 "and therefore I am open to correction, but I think that the instances 

 "of fish caught over 10 lbs. (Mahnsir) are rare. But after all, there 

 '' is more fun and greater enjoyment in playing a 10 lb. or 6 lb., with 

 " a light rod and fine tackle, than wurkimj and worrying on for a big 

 " tisli with rods and tackle that might ho described as ' Piscatorial 

 " Woolwich Infants ! ' No more now from yours. "Do 



