Cm \it. xxiv. 



" /.. J.'s" Fishing. 



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" the fly freely, Mid are to be taken up to -J lbs. in weight. A dark 

 '• fly seems the besl . 



" Doon." 



/' traetfrom tin' "Asian" of December 23rd, 1879. 

 " Fishing in Laow. 



" I liave jnst got back from Laour, wlieiv I went on .1 fishing trip. 

 "and bad very fair sport. 



" Extract from my diary: — 



November 19th, got nil, lost 4 fish. 



20th, „ 1, lbs. 19, loal :*. 



82nd, „ 

 88rd, .. 

 24th, „ 

 25th, „ 



2, „ 30,36. 



6, „ 46,31, 11, 25, 13, 12 

 2, „ 44, 30. 

 2, „ 21. S2. 



nil, gave the good ]«Ji a re-i , 

 and tried some new water. 

 26th, got 3, lbs. 18, 58, 55. 

 27th. „ 3, „ 29, 20, 62. 



16, 54, 20, 33, 7,* 32, 



28th, „ 8, 



33, 26. 

 29th, got 2, 



„ 1< 

 December 1st, „ 1. 



28, 26. 



28, tried new water again. 



21. 



"Of course, besides these fish, I lost several, of which I kept no 

 account. I got them all trolling with spoons 4 inches long. I tried 

 ' the fly, but without success. 



" The river is called the Punateet, and runs out of the Khasia 

 ' Hills at Laour. To get to it, you have to branch off at Soonam- 

 ' gunge (on the Soormah) and go by boat to a village called Elamgao, 

 ' here you can get dingies and boatmen to take you up the gorge 

 ' where yon must rough it in a grass hut. It is a beastly unhealthy 

 ' place. Every time I go there, all my servants are knocked over with 

 ' fever. I got it once myself, but on that occasion I was there for six 

 ' weeks. 



• " I never saw a Mnhsser like this before. Back and fins perfectly black, a game 

 "little head, and very thick through. He astonished me, as before weighing him I 

 "took him for a fish of about 4 lbs. He fought lik'- a little devil, and showed as 

 "great a disinclination to be landed as other fish of 12 or 15 lbs. — I. J." 



