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he has caught Ib. Mahseer with a fly, but did not stir a Carnatic 

 Carp. 



Trichinopoly District. 



There is business to be done at the Anicut I am told. 



B y writes, that at the Anicut the Freshwater Shark ( Wallago 



attu) run very large; that he had good fun with Kilathays (Tamil 

 for Macrones), things with feelers, flat under jaw, forked tail. He 

 caught them 5 Ibs, and over, with a small fish live bait, and they gave 

 very good sport, being very strong for their size. He stood on the 

 rock when the stream was running slightly through the shutters of the 

 Anicut and making the water just as it should be for trout fishing. 

 They required fine tackle. 



He caught Labeo also there. 



Mysore. 



Somewhat recently I have had an opportunity of giving the 

 Toongabadra a trial, and was grievously disappointed, for though the 

 water was in the places named below all that could be desired, and 

 though I did run a few really big fish, the fishing was very poor indeed. 

 Not only did I see the rivers very thoroughly netted by men who 

 understood their business right well, and travelled in gangs netting all 

 the rivers all their lengths, but I saw also cruives set for fry, and was 

 told that poisoning was practised. This seems to be the fate of all 

 rivers in much inhabited or easily accessible localities. Only in out- 

 of-the-way jungly tracts do the fish get a chance. I tried the following 

 places in Mysore, which I may, perhaps, most fairly describe by calling 

 them worth wetting a line in by those on the spot, but not worth 

 making a pilgrimage to as I did : 



Tirthahalle. 



Malur. 



Mandagadde. 



Sacrabyle. 



Shimoga. 



Balehannur. 



The last place is not very far from Calasa, where, in former years, 

 I had excellent fishing. 



