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of 7^ oz. on the end of a Tuna rod does not afford the acme of sport and 

 this particular fish was not gaffed ! The edible qualities of the Bombay 

 Duck are notorious. 



Let us now complete our investigation of the habits and identity of the 

 surface-feeders by an examination of the characteristics of the last species 

 on the list. This fish is known locally as the 



TuLLOO. (Species undetermined.) 



Can a fish that has never been caught trolling during nearly two years of 

 continuous angling, be conscientiously termed a surface-feeder ? It must 

 be acknowledged that such an admission requires a considerable stretch of 

 the imagination ; yet the locals assert that the Tulloo ought to be taken in 

 this fashion. That he is a sand-grubber is undeniable, and that he can be 

 captured by means of bottom-fishing is beyond dispute. The writer him- 

 self was actually present when a Tulloo v/as creeled by that method. 

 During the author's residence at Jask it was his most ardent desire to 

 hook a Tulloo, but the Goddess of Fortune proved woefully fickle, and never 

 a single specimen was recorded. This ambition was inspired by the 

 glowing accounts of the TuUoo's fighting powers, as narrated by the writer's 

 head boatman — a series of frenzied leaps in which the fish even hurls 

 itself backwards and forwards over the boat ! Does this acrobatic display 

 furnish a clue to the identity of this knight in scaly armour. Can he be 

 the Silver King of the Indian Seas ? The locals affirm that he attains a 

 maximum weight of 100 lbs. ; a Tarpon ranging up to three figures — what 

 a phantasy of dreams such a possibility must awake in the breast of every 

 disciple of Izaak Walton ! Yet some day these utopian flights of fancy may 

 dissolve into a glorious reality. If the Tulloo does prove to be the Silver 

 King of the East, then the fame of Jask as an angling Elysium is estab- 

 lished for all ages. 



{To he contmued.) 



