378 Fishing Localities. CHAP. xxvi. 



last-named is a sea fish, Clupea ilisha. Some of these ponds cover 

 several acres, and are never netted. But about tanks please see 

 " Tank Angling in India." 



At Tirupanandal, Nidamangalam, Tiruvarur, and Tranquebar are 

 Labeo tanks not mentioned in " Tank Angling." 



At Kotur, nine miles east of Manargudi, or half way thence to 

 Tritrapundi, is a tank full of Labeo, but all small i Ib. fish. The 

 tank is private property. 



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Tinnevelly District. 



Courtallum, the sanitarium of the district, has water near it. 

 A writer in the Madras Mail, 3ist August, 1874, says : 



" The Milk Falls are situated in the Pulliary Pass, and about 14 miles of 

 an easy road to the north of Courtallum. . . . The Pulliary Pass is a 

 charming place when it does not rain hard, but during the Courtallum 

 season the rain is almost incessant, and in the dry weather the place is hot 

 and feverish. The pass connects Tinnevelly with Travancore. The road 

 runs for a long way by the side of a babbling picturesque mountain torrent, 

 in which there are places for good fishing. The Mahseer is among the fish 

 found. Comfortable bungalows, situated at convenient distances, are met 

 with throughout the pass. The vegetation is luxurious, and any one de- 

 lighting in ferns, orchids, etc., game, and scenery, will find the pass a very 

 paradise of pleasure." 



This has been confirmed to me on many hands. 



B. caught small Mahseer of 5 Ibs. at Paupanassam, and in the 

 Arienkavu Pass. The season is June, after the monsoon has set in, 

 July and August, and others declare it healthy till the end of January, 

 as I can well imagine. 



Paupanassam (properly Papavinasam the forgiveness of sins ; there 

 are many places bearing the same name). B. writes : Paupanassam, 

 where the Tamberapoorny, the irrigator of Tinnevelly, debouches from 

 the hills by a splendid fall. There are charming streams, pools, etc., 

 about there, and lots of fish. 



Travancore. 



With its good rivers ought to be as good for sport as Malabar and 

 Canara. 



Anglicoorchi. H. writes, November, 1875, that in the river Toracadu 



