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"the largest •"•- W». The Biae of tliis fish was 3 feel 9 inches! 

 "2 feel in girth. In the afternoon Colonel Hioks caught 1 = 16 lbs., 

 "2 = 4 lbs. each. 1 caught 1 = 9, 1 = 2, 1 = ;, 1 = 5, 1 = \\ lbs. 

 ■• It 1 = 4, 1 = lu His. Ommanney 7 lisli = 47 lbs., the largesl 26 lbs. 

 - Monday morning Col. II. 1 = 4, 1 = i lb. I, 1 = 12, 1 = :<!,, 

 -■2 = 4 each, 1 = 3 lbs. Baorne 1 = 81bs. 0.1 = 8 lbs. In the 

 •• evening I caught 1 = 41 (4 feet 3 inches long, 2 feet 3 inches girth), 

 "1=4 lbs. Col. H. 1 = 7 lbs. Tuesday morning, 0., 1 = 30, 

 • 1 = -JO lbs. Col. II., 1 = 1\, 1 = £. I, 1 = 7, 1 = 5 lbs. We 

 " then moved buck to the sandbank near Lakat, fishing our way back. 

 •' It was almost dark, that is night, when wo got there. There was a 

 "bright moon, if I remember aright. Opposite to the sandbank, 

 "another river joined the Lakat stream. Always remember when 

 " fishing to fish a little below the junction of two rivers ; if one comes 

 "out of the hills close by, and the other through a stretch of plains, so 

 "much the better, the fish will assemble at the mouth of the warmer 

 " stream in search of food. As fast as wc conld throw in our lines, 

 '" though dark, we had a fish on ; for a while my spoon was jammed 

 •" without my knowing it, and as it did not spin I caught nothing, but 

 the others were catching them as fast as possible, I carefully 

 •• examined my bait, put it to rights, and at once hooked a whopper. 

 " We caught altogether off this bank as follows : — 



" Om, 2 = 17 each, 1 = 6, 1 = 8, 1 = 10£, 1 = 11. 



'•I, 1 = 25, 1 = 3|, 1 = 14, 1 = 6, 1 = 3, 1 = 81. 



- IS , 1 = 14, 1 =4, 1 = 2, 1 = 11, 1 = 3i, 1 = 2J, 1 = 10. 



"Col. H., 1 = 10, 1 = 3£, 1 = 11, 1 = 1,\, 1 = 7. 



" Could any one wish for better sport, and the greater part after the 

 "sun set, and in a place where it was thought no Maliseer existed? 

 •■ 1 w.m't weary your readers with further details of sport. Baurne 

 '■ and the Colonel left that night, and Ommanneyand I followed early 

 "next morning. My tackle, for a time, was again jammed. Om- 

 " manney killed in a couple of hours, 1 = 20, 1 = 22, 1 = 20, 1 = 14, 

 "1 =4, whilst I got 1 = 14, 1 = 6, 1 = 4. So much for sport 

 " within a day and a half's journey of Cachar, a few hours from Silehar, 

 " two days from Shillong. May this be of use to your readers, and to 

 •' Mr. Thomas in particular, whose acquaintance 1 have not had the 

 "pleasure of making, except through his excellent little treatise. 



" Pboonghxe." 



