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(6) From Mokhana Bazaar station go east to Sonbarsa, about eight miles. Here 
you can get a couple of days shooting, and again (7) about five miles further 
east near Kasnagar. (8) From Dauram Madhipura, about six miles south lies Pa- 
tharghat, about a mile and a half south-east is an excellent spot. (9) The best 
place of all, however, is about 6 miles east of.Patharghat, round about Mokhma 
and Pachlakh. The main Kosi stream is here and is teeming with the reptiles, but 
the shooting is difficult, as the biggest crocodiles frequent banks in mid-stream, 
too far away for accurate shooting. There are good spots here and there, though, 
where, with a little trouble you can get good shots where the sand banks are at 
the edges of the stream. About half a mile east of Mokhma ghat is a stream, the 
‘“‘Sathar Dhar,” running roughly parallel with the Kosi, one of its branches in 
fact. This is a narrow stream from 60 to 100 yards across, and is simply 
full of crocodiles of both classes, with plenty of good cover for stalking as a rule, 
though here and there it is very thick and impossible to stalk in. Between 
these two places you can have a week’s shooting of the very best. Drinking 
water in the Kosi district is very indifferent. If your men are up to the ropes 
you will always be able to get milk and vegetables, but take your own meat 
ration, and a couple of tins or so of condensed milk. 
You may have difficulty in getting labour, so I would strongly advise you to 
take your own chamars with you, and to arrange for a boat long before hand. 
At Sonbarsa or Khapsia, a little north of Patharghat, boats are always obtain- 
able, though not at a moment’s notice. Carts may always be obtained if you pay 
enough. If you go to Mokhma I would advise you to engage a boat at Khapsia, 
where they make boats, and then load it on to a cart and take it across country 
to Mokhma, as you cannot get boats there. That is a drawback on the Sathar 
Phar too, but there are a fair number of ghats on the stream that you can cross 
at ; also it is not too wide to shoot across. 
I hope these few remarks may be of use to somebody. If they are. I shall 
have done my job. 
