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" far down as Nagal Ghat, and I had one a short distance above that 

 " place. 



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" The Rarngunga I have fished a good deal. The largest taken 

 " in that river by me with fly, is 5 lbs., and the largest when trolling, 

 " 29 lbs. I wrote to your paper at the beginning of the season to say 

 " that fish hail been killed, now there are a plentiful supply of young, 

 " but nothing over 8 lbs. has been killed this year with the rod and 

 " line as far as 1 know, but I saw a few big fish in one hole. I had 

 " a fine morning last month at the smaller fish with fly. There were 

 " shoals of the small climbing fish goiug up the river, similar to those 

 " seen on the bank at Myapur ; they are brown above, and white 

 "beneath. I put on a home-made fly of these colours, and got 13 fish 

 " weighing 23 lbs. in a short time ; this I consider very good with the 

 "fly. 1 lust a long time with the first fish, as when hooked a large 

 " (iooneh and a hie^e Mahseer ran at him in turns, but he was about 

 " 1 lb. in weight, ami the water very rapid, and they made a mess of 

 " him, never getting a fair hold. 1 don't suppose I could have done 

 " much, if cither had hooked themselves, as I had only a light trout 

 " rod and line tackle. I have made some other good bags, bnt none 

 "so heavy in proportion. A native boy taught me how to catch Sauli 

 " the other day, ami we bagged 18 in about one hour. I could not see 

 " that my fine tackle had any advantage over his coarser line. 

 " The plan is to bait with a bit of meat, and lower the bait to the 

 "bottom, near a weed, and sit still until the fish runs away, then 

 "strike, and out with him. The fun was so fast, that I did not 

 " even open a sketch book I took out with me. The fish were of two 

 " kinds, one a very ugly big-headed beast, of a uniform dirty olive 

 " green colour, with the two side fins barred brown and black; the 

 " other a mottled chap with not so large a head. Both have the fin 

 " extending from the vent round the tail to the shoulder, and they 

 " are very good eating; the}- were all small. Next time I will try 

 "for bigger ones in deeper water; they have large mouths with strong 

 " erect teeth, and often dropped off the hook when landed. 



"The Kosi is a good river for tish, but bad lor fishing, as con. 

 "tracts are gives yearly to the natives to poach it. There are 

 "many other small streams with large holes in them, that have 

 "good fly fishing with light tackle. The Commissioner's Hole at 

 " Kaninagur, on the Kosi, is a good place for fishing. A few ma_\ be 

 " had daily with atta, a few with live bait, and in the evening a 

 " fly, but the By must look something like a young fish, as the time 

 " to catch with fly is when the young fish that have been kept back all 



