C'iiatt. xxiv. " Boon's" Contribution. 331 



/' Wad from " The Asian," of 28th October, 1879. 



"It is licst now to journey up country, and before going elsewhere, 

 "let us take the Eastern Doon. Many know it well, and will 

 " remember happy hours along the banks of the Ganges, the Song, and 

 " the Sooswa. 



" The Song flows behind the Kalunga Hill, once crowned by a 

 " fortress, famous for its defence by the Goorkhalies. From Dehr.i 

 "you go to Kalapani, and thence over the hill to a tributary stream, 

 ••following which down its junction with the Song, gives the first 

 •' | 1 I have tried. 



" Here in August, September, and a part of October, good fish are 

 " to be taken, up to 8 lbs., at any rate, though larger are in the waters, 

 " and may be got by spinning. I once saw a fish certainly over 30 lbs. 

 " in this stream, but nothing would tempt him. 



" All down the Song the fishing till October is good, but after 

 " thai there is but little water in it, and, indeed, it almost dries up 

 " altogether. 



" The Sooswa flows past Kansaras, a place once famous for all 

 " kinds of game, but now its glory has departed. Fine Trout and 

 " Mahseer fishing is to be had all down the Sooswa, and where the 

 " Song and Sooswa join is a splendid pool with heavy fish. 



" Jamun Khatta, below the junction, is well worth staying at. 

 " Good trout and good Mahseer, and plenty of them. Down the river 

 " some few miles, you get to the junction of the Sooswa and Ganges, 

 " and here are splendid fish, as large as any river in India can furnish ; 

 " but here spinning pays beat. 



" Up near the hills, where the Ganges leaves the Himalayas, is 

 " Tuppobun, with its splendid scenery and grand pools. Lower down, 

 " Rickee Khase, with equally good water, and so on, till you come to 

 "Hurdwar, with its ' Myapore Bridge,' the 'Bund,' and ' Dam,' all 

 " well-known ground. 



" The fish, though, are getting more and more shy, and it is not 

 "always a 'bag' to be made. Under the Myapore Bridge, hundreds 

 " of swallows have their nests, and many a large fish has been caught 

 " with a swallow, or rather martin (as I believe they are) tied on to a 

 " hook, and used as a bait. 



" I rigged up a very large hook in imitation of a swallow, and 

 " tried it, years ago, but only bagged one fish. They do not seem to 

 "take freely now. The 'escape' (I called it the 'ham') is a fine 

 " piece of trolling water, but one has to be careful spinning, as there 

 ' ' arc' snags,' or were — 1 speak of days long ago. 



