338 Fishing Localities. I 'iiait. xxtv. 



"canal or close to it, a small tent is useful for camping out in. There 

 " are bungalows all along the canal bank, and leave to occupy them 

 " can usually be obtained. There are no boats procurable to fish out 

 "of, — at least there were none when I was there, but at nearly all the 

 " falls there are long piers stretching out from the main piers of the 

 " bridges, on the down stream side, accessible by steps from the road- 

 " way of the bridge. At the end of these piers the angler is in the nest 

 " possible place for spinning, as he is just at the end of the broken 

 "water made by the fall above, and just above the places where the 

 "big fish usually arc. The best time to fish is during the cold 

 " weather. I did not get there till March, but even then I had quite 

 " as good sport as I had hoped for. As the canal water comes from 

 "the Ganges directly the snow water comes down from that river, it 

 " also gets into the canal, and puts an end to the fishing. It made 1 its 

 " appearance at the time I am writing about, on the 25th March. I 

 " certainly got several fish after that date, but no large ones, and by 

 " the end of the month the fishing was quite at an end. 



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"I rode on to llurdwar, and my tent was pitched close to the 

 "camp of the Royal Engineer Officers, who were out there making 

 "pontoon bridges for the pilgrims to cross the river. The dam 

 "across the Ganges (for the purpose of turning the water into 

 " the canal) is about a mile below llurdwar, and the place is called 

 " Mirepoor. 



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" I was at Mirepoor seven days, and during that time I caught 

 " 25 Mahseer, varying in size from 2 lbs. up to 15 lbs. I did not fish 

 "all day, or every day either, but had quite as much sport as I wished 



" for. 



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"F. M. ML" 



l!l KM Ml. 



Extract j " .1/./ Iras Times" of 29th July, 1878. 



"On page 85 the author invites 'contributions, which will be 

 ■''thankfully received.' I am thus emboldened to offer the following 

 "remarks, premising that my experience is confined to fishing in 

 " Bnrmah, Ajssam, and Sylhet. . . . There is capital shooting 

 "and fishing in Cachar; moreover, the Cossevah and Jynteah Hills 

 •■ are easily got at, and the climate dure is equal to Coonoor. 



"The late Dr. Jerdon assured me there were some twenty-seven 



