388 Fishing Localities. CHAP, xxvi 



The tanks in the Viceroy's park at Barrackpore are unnetted, and 

 hold large fish, and permission to fish may be had by paying to the 

 Babu in charge of the Park the authorised fee for a pass. 



Merut. 7 miles 3 furlongs on the Harper road from Merut is a 

 tank which I should estimate to be about 200 yards by 150, and which 

 is 9 ft. deep close up to the edge, and deepening further in. It is said 

 to be full of big fish, and to be never netted, or fished in except by the 

 sahibs who caught Labeo, and Mirga, and white bellied turtle in it, but 

 nothing over 4 Ibs. because it was not a good season for fishing. In the 

 fishing season for this sort of fishing, for which see " Tank Angling," 

 good business ought to be done for the fish are said to run large. The 

 road all the way from Merut is good, and there is a beautiful mangoe 

 tope exactly opposite the tank in which tents might be pitched. 



Toondla. 8 miles from it is a well-stocked preserved tank. 

 Permission necessary. 



Durbangah. Has several good tanks well-stocked with fish. 



Bhaptiahi. Has a good tank. 



Rohtak. Has a well-stocked ample tank which is a sunny memory. 



Hissar. There are " two lovely tanks " in this district, from which 

 " beauties " have been taken. 



Delhi. At the bathing ghat at Delhi Mahseer are caught with 

 paste. 



Lahore. A bandmaster, F. K., kindly writes me, and I hope he may 

 recognize his communication, that 18 miles from Lahore, near the flag 

 station, Wagah, is a tank about 30 ft. deep which was built by Rangeet 

 Sing, and which being fed by the canal literally teams with monster 

 Rohus and other fish which .from his description are probably Mirga 

 (Cirrhina mrigald). He has caught Rohu weighing 34 and iSlbs. 



To the same source we are indebted for knowledge of a large and 

 very deep natural pond near Shalimar, about a mile from the gardens. 



Large pucka tank at Kunchui Kapul, two miles from Waga flag 

 station, and about ten from Lahore. 



At Batala, near Amritsa, are three tanks, of which " Mission tank " 

 is the best. 



At Alliwal, five miles from Batala, is good Mahseer fishing at the 

 falls on the canal. 



Another informant says that at Karnal, the adjoining district to 

 Kohtak, is a tank which has never been fished, and which he is certain 



