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Dum capimus capimur. 



Chapt. ii. 



then to eat him. You and your friends will find he is 

 well flavored, and very rich, so rich that you will want 

 no melted butter or other sauce with him, and so rich 

 that you will not be able to eat over-much of him. To 

 my thinking he is the best eating fish in Indian fresh 

 waters, and stands between the salmon and the trout for 

 the table; but a de gustibus non est disputandum." 



You will always want one attendant with you to land 

 your fish and carry them, as well as to carry and pre- 

 pare bait, as we shall see hereafter. 



But I have been rather putting the cart before the 

 horse, indulging in the sport given by a Mahseer before 

 saying how to hook him, seemingly forgetting the wise 

 saw "First catch your hare." Perhaps it was by way of 

 offering some inducement to anglers to accompany me 

 out fishing in the next chapter but one, for they can skip 

 the intermediate short chapter or not, according as they 

 care or do not care to know any thing about the natural 

 history of the Mahseer. 



A. gentleman who waits on Anglo-Indian Anglers. 



