192 The Hunting Grounds 



animals sacred, as being the incarnation of their 

 powerful god, Hanimann. 



After we had imbibed some cooled Bass, the best 



beverage for India, B , who was a fisherman, 



went down to the tank with his rod, and in the 

 course of half an hour landed over a dozen fine 

 murrel (a voracious kind of fish, somewhat resem- 

 bling the jack), from four to eight pounds in weight. 

 On cutting them open we found the inside full of 

 leeches, so we declined having them put upon our 

 table, to the great satisfaction of Chineah and the 

 gang, who pronounced them delicious. 



