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The Dog fish is a savage looking pike-like fish, beauti- 

 fully shot with changing colours when fresh out of the 

 water. I have caught a few when fishing for lukananni, and 

 they made a good fight for their size which is rarely \ lb. 



When upon a fishing excursion, as fish in the tropics 

 will not keep more than three or four hours, we ere6t a 

 barbacote, and smoke all the fish we cannot eat at the 

 time. These smoked fish will keep for some weeks, and 

 make excellent soup, or if soaked in water for a short 

 time are good fried in butter. There are some excellent 

 fish caught in the rivers of the interior by the Indians 

 with night lines and spring lines, and by poisoning the 

 water, such as the haimara, the pacu and the low-low ; 

 the last named a huge fish, is sometimes caught from fifty 

 to seventy pounds in weight, but these fish are of no use 

 for sporting purposes. A low-low was caught at Chris- 

 tianburg, on the Demerara River in March 1886, which 

 was 9 ft. long, 4 ft. in girth, fins 13 x 10 inches and 

 width of mouth r8 inches. Cartaback may be caught 

 with a rod and line, if you bait with kneaded bread or 

 paste, and let your bait float on the surface of the water. 

 These fish abound in the Essequibo and Massaruni Rivers 

 and sometimes scale five to six pounds. 



It is difficult to say when is the best season for fly 

 fishing. In the middle of the dry season when the 

 Savannahs have drained into the creeks, I have always 

 found to be a good time to fish ; when there is too much 

 water the people say " The fish wa'ak in the Savan." 

 Cuffum and lukunanni can only be caught in running 

 water, it is no use fishing for them when the water is 

 stagnant. Warraw, Sun fish and VVabri on the other 

 hand seem to prefer the still water. 



