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thigh, and I had to cut them out. The next day, W. 

 of the Artillery, an old schoolfellow of mine, and L., of 

 the 44th, joined us. W. got a fish nine-and-a-half 

 pounds with the spoon, and several fish with the fly. 

 L. , using only the fly, caught some fifty small fry. B. 

 caught one (eighteen pounds) with the spoon, and a lot 

 with the fly, but they were of no size. 0. had very 

 bad luck, and caught only little ones. 



The next was our last day ; I hooked a lot of fair 

 sized fish, but they all got off as the hooks either 

 broke or straightened out. I was in an immense fish 

 for over an hour, but at the last moment the hooks 

 gave way, so I only landed one (six and a half pounds). 

 W. one (two pounds), whilst B., 0., and L. got nothing. 



In September, 1870, Colonel H., 0., B., and I left 

 Shillong for the hunting and fishing grounds on 

 the Sylhet side. We started early on the 13th 

 and rode to Chirra Poongie. Grot wet to the 

 skin of course, for it does nothing but rain there, but 

 as our things had been sent on some days before, we 

 had dry clothes to put on, and found a good dinner 

 and a roaring fire awaiting us. 



September 14. We ordered our fishing tackle and 

 breakfast ahead, giving the people an hour's start 

 before we made a move. Our impedimenta was to 

 follow. We reached Terreah Ghat at nine, got four 

 boats with some difficulty, and after breakfast went 

 up the river. This stream used to be famous for 

 mahseer, but the Cossyahs had taken to poisoning its 

 waters with the Cocculus Indicus and strychnine, until 

 but few fish were left. Moreover the whole of the 

 bed of the stream is a mass of limestone, and the 

 action of the water has undermined many rocks, so 



