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are divided on the matter the appetites 

 of the fish. Lastly, it may, in that 

 excess which, combined with a low rain- 

 fall, means drought, put a stop to fishing 

 operations altogether. This last result is 

 less familiar in temperate lands than in 

 some hotter latitudes, where the fisher- 

 man, in common with every one else, is 

 more the sport of the sun than he would 

 be in England. The converse of this is 

 seen in colder countries, where, by ice 

 instead of by drought, a similar veto is 

 put on fishing by the other climatic ex- 

 treme. It is in India more particularly Caseof India, 

 that the angler is keenly sensitive to 

 these changes. There, the hot weather, 

 rains, and cold weather follow one another 

 in a monotonous succession year after 

 year, and with a precision unknown in 

 the English climate, the keynote of which 

 is constant surprise, mostly disagree- 

 able, for those who take their plea- 

 sure out of doors. In some districts of 

 that country the mahseer- fisherman has 

 to watch his opportunities very closely 



