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" day by the people from the town coming fur water, try to pass round a 

 " rocky bluff in the hole, when the stream strikes them, and carries 

 " them out a short distance, then the Mahseer rush at I hem, and make 

 " the water boil. I have seen this at other places, and if yon can manage 

 " to get a fly there just as the boil is ceasing, you probably get a rise. 

 ' Watching the proceedings from a high bank above, after the rush is 

 " over, three or four of the small fish will be seen twisting about in 

 " the water, injured by fins or tails, I suppose ; and quite old stagers of 

 " Mahseer will be seen gleaning the injured ones, and I always imagine 

 " in these cases that fly is mistaken for fish, — at all events it is a sure 

 •' time to catch. 



" Pale Face." 



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Sialkot. — N. tells me the Poonch is within a night's run. and the 

 Cheenab, where Captain caught i"J4 lbs. in one day's fishing. 



Poonah. — 0., from Poonah, speaks of running out to the Koomow- 

 iie, a small river, but extraordinarily deep, averaging (50 feet deep, 

 with the bottom honeycombed with rocky cells and grottos, and hold- 

 ing Mali-eer of 50 or 60 lbs. Dav too, is spoken of by the same 

 correspondent as near Poonah. He caught some sort of carp-like 

 fish there up to 25 lbs., with the ground-nut for bait. Another day, 

 in three hours, he caught there six fish, weighing 75 lbs. I cannot 

 trace the places on the map, but they are probably easily discover- 

 able by people in the locality. 



Mahseer Fishing, near Roorkee. 

 Extract from " Tlie Anon," of 25th November, 1879. 

 " A few words now about Roorkee, and how to get there. It 

 " is situated on the Ganires Canal, 21 miles from Saharunpore, a 

 " station on the Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi Railway. Daks are easily 

 " procured for going and coming. The head-quarters of the Bengal 

 " Sappers and Miners are always at Roorkee, also the head-quarters 

 "and a wing of a European regiment. The Thomason Civil Engineer- 

 "' in:,' College is also located there, likewise the Government Canal 

 "Workshops and Foundry, where you can gel anything from a sewing- 

 " machine needle to a wrought iron bridge. The angler can also get 

 " artificial baits, gaff hooks, landing net rings, check winches, and other 

 "metal fishing appliances made to order there. The dak bungalow is 

 "a comfortable one, within a Btone'fi throw of the canal, and all 

 "supplies are easily procurable. As all the fishing is either in the 



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