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limself, when he would fire the arrow into his 



)ody. The rush of the stricken fish across the 



Indus was, as he said, fine sport, and I have no 



doubt it was. When the fish had made his rush, 



,he hauled him in with the cord. 



Waris said he had caught fish in this way up 

 to 50 lbs. in weight, and that he found the sport 

 50 fascinating that he had given up all other 

 shooting. I did not actually see any fish caught 



this way, and I was not at Mari in the right 

 iason of the year ; but the arrow was fired at my 

 request into the water, and the gear appeared 

 to work well. 



The Indian is often a tremendously keen shikari, 

 though he is not very sportsmanlike, according 

 \o our ideas, in his methods. His object is to 

 )ag the animal, fish, or bird he is in pursuit of ; 



id it appears to him to be folly to give the 

 )rey a chance to escape. The most fastidious 

 )f sportsmen, however, could not take exception 

 to Waris's methods. 



