FISHING IN INDIAN WATERS. B57 
The following photographs will be found in the album of this Society, as 
it was impossible to reproduce them here :— 
Nos. 1 and 2 are those of the so-called ‘‘Sea Pike ” ( Sphyrena Se ee 
caught above Socotra near Zeila, Weights 103 and 33 lbs, respectively. 
Speed of vessel from 54 to 7 knots, Taken with the bunting bait, 
No. 3 represents a take of eight fish, caught on the run between Berbera 
and Bulhar, on the Somali Coast, and were all caught inside of three hours, 
The weight of the fish counting from the left of the picture are, first, two 
bonito ( Uhynnus pilamys ) of 7 and 91bs, ; then two dolphin ( Coryphena 
hippurus ) of 10 lbs, each ; one seer fish (Cybium guttatum) of 15 lbs. ; and 
again bonito of 8$,8 and 74lbs, respectively, These were all caught with 
this bait towing astern, the speed of the ship varying from 8 to 10 knots, 
No, 4 represents four out of a total catch of nine fish (dolphin) which 
were caught in five hours in the Gulf of Aden. The total weight of the 
whole catch was 95 lbs. These were the four largest, and scaled from 
11 to 12lbs, apiece. Speed of the vessel between 8 and 9 knots, 
No. 5 is the picture of an exceptionally fine dolphin (Coryphena hippurus), 
caught in the Gulf of Aden near Zeila, Weight 28 lbs. 
No. 6 is that of a much larger fish, a bonito weighing 69 lbs., caught in 
the Gulf of Aden, Speed of vessel about 9 knots. In one of my former 
articles, viz., in that dealing with “ Aden and the adjacent Waters,” I related 
the incident of my capture of a 73 1b. bonito in Aden Harbour. The 
photograph of that fish was never taken, but the fish here pictured might 
have been the same fish, so that you can form a very fair idea from this what 
the former one was like, and may also be able to realise to some extent the 
sport to be obtained when such a fish has fastened. 
In all the six cases above referred to, the bait which was taken was being 
towed astern with a good long line, and in every case was taken from a 
screw steamer, This is the usual practice on steamers, but in the old days 
in the sailing ship almost invariably was the line put over the bows, A 
much shorter drift of line was used, in fact only just sufficient to keep the 
bait bobbing on the water, and all our fish were caught in this manner, and 
hardly ever did one put out the line astern. Probably the fact that most 
steamers are straight stemmed and have no overhanging bow from which 
the line can depend, has a great deal to do with the practice of towing the 
bait, but the fact remains, that asa generalrule sailing ships fish from the 
bow, while steamboats tow their lines, 
Under these conditions the better sport is very often to be looked for 
when fishing from a steamer ; but on the other hand there is one bit of fish- 
ing which is rarely if ever obtained in the normal manner from a steam boat, 
but which is often enough to be had from a sailing ship, 
1 refer to shark fishing at sea, Sharks are very seldom seen from a ship 
exceptin calm weather, and it is just then, when a sailing ship is lying almost 
