io6 How, When, and Where to Fish for Mahseer. CHAP. vi. 



such parts than lower down a river. To such parts, therefore, I would 

 recommend the Mahseer fisherman to confine his attention. 



We speak here of the whereabouts of the Mahseer only. The 

 localities in which to find other fish will be mentioned separately in 

 connection with each fish, and some peculiarities of position will be 

 noticed in the Chapter on Localities. 



It may be of service to the fisherman to have a list of good angling 

 stations, after the manner of " The Angler's Diary " in England, 

 together with hints as to how to get to them, and to exist at them ; for 

 though a river may be a good one, there are sure to be particular parts 

 in it in which the runs and pools are deeper, and better, and more 

 approachable than elsewhere. A little information, therefore, on this 

 head I shall endeavour to give in a separate chapter. But it is obvious 

 that, for such a vast area as Hindustan, a list made out by any one 

 man must be exceedingly meagre, and I would suggest that if brothers 

 of the angle would contribute information about the different localities 

 they have tried, we might very soon get together a goodly batch of 

 information, so that new comers from England would be at no loss 

 where to spend a little leave or leisure, and even old hands would find, 

 when transferred by business or pleasure to new localities, that they 

 could tumble better on their legs than they could without this informa- 

 tion, and that there were a lot of other fellows besides themselves that 

 "know a thing or two." To the charitably disposed, therefore, I 

 make my appeal on behalf of brother anglers.* 



This appeal was thus made in the first edition, and kindly has it 

 been responded to, both by direct communication and by letters to 

 the Field and Asian. The result appears in the Chapter on Fishing 

 Localities. It falls, however, very far short of what I had hoped to 

 attain to, and as it is the chapter which may well be the most useful 

 part of the whole book to really good fishermen, I will let the appeal 

 still stand, in the hope that brothers of the angle may continue to 

 communicate their knowledge of localities. 



This appeal has also led to the same idea being carried out by the 

 North Punjab Fishing Club, and Part II., the larger half of their book, 

 the " Anglers' Handbook," W. Newman & Co., Calcutta, is admirably 

 devoted to it, with maps and routes and plans of rivers in practical 



* Any communication through my publishers, or through Messrs. Arbuthnot & Co., 

 Madras, or Messrs. H. S. King & Co., 45, Pall Mall, London, will always find me. 



