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stream, and some two miles up stream, besides what fishing one could get 

 immediately above and below the Ghat itself. Veiy fine trout are to be had 

 above and below the ' cold weather ' bridge. There is a good pucka road 

 from Jhansi to Nowgong, and on both banks of the river, bungalows, per- 

 mission to occupy which has never, to my knowledge, been refused. 



" Then there is Mow, near Raneepore, about 30 miles from Jhansi, and 

 8 miles from the Ghat. You must pass Mow, if my old friend will let you 

 get to the Ghat, and there, though there is a dak bungalow, with a ' call ' 

 or without one, the chances are you will not be allowed to occupy it, but 

 be most hospitably entertained, and welcomed by as good-hearted a man, 

 and as jolly a sportsman as ever stepped. What is more, he would beat 

 most fellows into ' fits,' with a gun, and just pride himself on showing you 

 the best sport to be had all round his place, so one cannot do better than 

 visit Mow, if thereabouts. 



"Chirgaon is about 18 miles, if I rightly remember, from Jhansi, on 

 the Jaloun road. There is here a road bungalow, but the good fishing 

 ground on the Betwa, which is about 3 miles from Chirgaon, is at and 

 about a place called Goolara, some 3 to 4 miles on the Jhansi side of 

 Chirgaon. 



"The fishing from Goolara to Dhunna is magnificent but you must 

 'tent' it, and remember, that though your 'rises,' and probably 'takes,' 

 will be numerous, the fish will very seldom exceed 7 Ibs. I do not remem- 

 ber ever trying spinning, but from what I saw of fish in the pools from high 

 banks, my impression is, they do not run to any greater size in the rivers of 

 Jhansi and Lullutpore than 12 to 15 Ibs. My experience of these districts 

 is respectively about a year each, and therefore I am open to correction, but 

 I think that the instances of fish caught over 10 Ibs. (Mahasir) are rare. 

 But after all, there is more fun and greater enjoyment in playing a 10 Ib. 

 or 6 Ib., with a light rod and fine tackle, than working and worrying on 

 , for a big fish with rods and tackle that might be described as ' Piscatorial 

 Woolwich Infants ! ' No more now from yours. DOON." 



Mr. G. Sanderson tells me Riawalla near Hurdwar is the place of 

 places to go to in January. That it is not so good in February, and 

 useless in March. 



Extract from the "Asian" of 2$>th October, 1879. 



" It is best now to journey up country, and before going elsewhere, let us 

 take the Eastern Doon. Many know it well, and will remember happy 

 hours along the banks of the Ganges, the Song, and the Sooswa. 



" The Song flows behind the Kalunga Hill, once crowned by a fortress, 

 famous for its defence by the Goorkhalies. From Dehra you go to Kalapani, 

 and thence over the hill to a tributary stream, following which down its 

 junction with the Song, gives the first pool I have tried. 



