358 Incidents of Foreign Field Sport. 



down, another position, where we could put up a 

 table, chairs, &c., was adopted as a kitchen. We 

 were about fifty feet above the river, which is very 

 deep, and we could see, looking down, thousands 

 of mahseer of all sizes, feeding about, a tolerably 

 reliable promise of sport. We had brought a good 

 supply of fishing-tackle with us, but the rest of our 

 traps were behind, so as soon as we could procure 

 boats, General B., I., and 0. went out. B. and I. had 

 never been here before ; 0. knew the place well. We 

 did not get a nibble, while 0. caught three fish, 

 seven pounds, four pounds, and one pound re- 

 spectively. By dark most of our traps had arrived, 

 but only two servants ; the rest had remained at 

 Sankur to get drunk, so did not appear till late next 

 day, when we gave them " toko." While my servant 

 prepared the dinner, and the other man got the table 

 and camp arranged, we submerged various bottles of 

 wine and beer into the icy waters of the river, 

 arranged our beds which owing to the confined 

 space were touching one another, then took headers 

 into the Durrung. By Jove ! how cold it was. We 

 swam about as hard as we could for a few minutes, 

 then emerged and dried ourselves and put on our 

 nightclothes. About 8 P.M. dinner was ready, and a 

 better repast I never sat down to, for my boy John 

 had excelled himself, the result being that we got a 

 meal which was all that could be desired. As we 

 were very tired from our long walk and intended to 

 rise early, we went to bed immediately after we had 

 fed, and slept the sleep of the weary. 



The next day the General and I were up and 

 swimming about, just before daybreak, 0. with 



