37 2 Fishing Localities. CHAP. xxvi. 



below that point we always put aside our spinning tackle, and took the 

 fly. If you want to fish for Mahseer, therefore, you had better go on 

 past Peralij though I have struck the river at Kadavu, struggled up 

 the river to this pool an awful struggle, fished it for Mahseer, and 

 then fished the river down to the Puthur ford, and so back to breakfast 

 at Tekkmpatti. The natives were very reluctant indeed to show us the 

 river above this pool. We only found it by most persistent clambering, 

 and that is why I have put it down so particularly for you. Below 

 Perali you can do nothing without a boat, above it you can do a little 

 from the shore, but to do the river justice, you ought to have a boat. 

 The Mahseer here are, as nearly as I can tell you, "as big as a 

 portmanteau." 



Nirali Hill stands well above the river, and open to every breeze 

 hat blows. A camp on the top of it was found free from fever, and it 

 commands excellent water. 



Palayur is estimated about 33 miles from Metapolliam, from it we 

 went up by Satchampatti, or Tatchampatti to Cheri Kadavu and 

 Paraputhorai, opposite the Hill Narasanmuku, and fished down to 

 Sunthapatti, say about 6 miles. The Palghat stream runs in just below 

 Palayur or Palagur. It was all excellent water for Mahseer and 

 Carnatic Carp. 



The water above the Koondah and Palghat streams should be free 

 from flood after the cessation of the South- West monsoon about the 

 ist September, but the Kalar stream is, the Koondah stream probably 

 is, and the Palghat stream may be, affected by showers in the North- 

 East monsoon. 



G. and I went by Metapolliam, Tholampaliam, and Gopaneri to 

 Kudipatti, the junction of the Siruwani and Bawani, and came back by 

 Tholampaliam and Karamadi. From Metapolliam to Kudipatti is a 

 long tug, some 28 miles or thereabouts, and after Tholampaliam the 

 road is rough. We got no fever, but we did get fish. It was there 

 that the brothers Cornly, of 46 Ibs. each, with others of 25 Ibs., were 

 caught. 



Higher up the same river are Attapadi, Shermangundi, Gopaneri, 

 found mentioned in the Malabar District. From Karamadi railway 

 station carts can go, a native of the locality told me, to Gopaneri, 

 15 miles, which is 15 miles from Attapadi, the straight road being by 

 Tholampaliam. 



