206 Bottom Fishing for Labeo. CHAP. xm. 



of the shoulder, of the elbow, and of the wrist, and thus, I believe, 

 accelerating the stroke by three concurrent means. This was N.'s 

 manner of striking, the N. mentioned in " Tank Angling " as a very 

 professional at Labeo fishing, and when I see a thing pay, as it did 

 with him, I copy it. 



I am told by a member of it that the Calcutta Angling Club have 

 turned into their tanks twenty-five thousand fry of Rohi, Mirgha, and 

 Catla from about 4 to 6 inches long at Rs. 6 a thousand, and have 

 killed in those ponds, which are preserved by them, Rohi up to 

 21-^- Ibs. and 22^ Ibs., and Catla up to 19 Ibs. A pleasing record. 



Their former rule was that all fish under 3 Ibs. were to be returned 

 to the water. They have now altered it to all fish under 1 6 inches in 

 length. They did so on October 28, 1895, while my letter, advising 

 them to take that very step because of the difficulty of gauging 3 Ibs. 

 without weighing, was dated from England October 29, and I had 

 been thinking of them the day before. One of them calls it telepathy. 

 At any rate, I may say with Horace : Utrumque nostrum incredibili 

 modo consentit astmm. Quczre, had Horace any hazy ideas of the 

 brain wave and telepathy ? 



