92 Ubiquitous Mahseer. Chapt. vi. 



lieve they are to be found in every large perennial river 

 in India. I know that Mahseer, as well as other fine 

 carps which give good sport, are to be found in every 

 river on the west coast that I ever heard of. I know 

 they are to be equally found in the Mysore rivers; I 

 know they are in the Cavery and the Bhawany. I hear 

 of them in all the good rivers of Northern India. The 

 lover of the picturesque will find them in full force, 

 admiring with him the adjective-exhausting-falls of Gair- 

 soppa, and dancing in the glad waters of Hoginkal, 

 and other falls of Cavery; and I believe they have 

 every bit as much right as the Artillery to the motto 

 Ubique. 



The smaller sorts of carp which are more the size of 

 dace and roach, sfad other little fish of like size, which 

 take a fly, as we shall find in the chapter on that sub- 

 ject, are, as far as my knowledge goes, as widely spread, 

 and to be found in many tanks also. The murrel (Ophio- 

 cephalus) of whom more anon, may be met with in the 

 stiller parts of the same waters. 



But it may be of service to the fisherman to have a 

 list of good angling stations, after the manner of "The 

 "Angler's Diary" in England, together with hints as to 

 how to get to them, and to exist at them; for though a 

 river may be a good one, there are sure to be particular 

 parts in it, in which the runs and pools are deeper and 

 better and more approachable than elsewhere. A little 

 information therefore on this head I shall endeavour to 

 give in an appendix. But it is obvious that, for such a 



