CHAPTER VIII. 



GRAM FISHING. 



"The pleasantest angling 'tis to see the fish 

 "Cut with her golden oars the silver stream 

 "And greedily devour the treacherous bait." — Shakspere. 



1 HERE is another way of angling for Mahseer, of which 

 I am fain to confess that I have myself no personal ex- 

 perience, and of which therefore I ought not perhaps to 

 write; but it is a way of fishing which, by reason of its 

 being pursued with great success and ease by the tyro, 

 equally with the artiste, has so many friends, and is cal- 

 culated to have so many more, that I feel it would be a 

 grave omission to leave it unnoticed. I have also at my 

 elbow a good spirit to prompt me, in the shape of a 

 * brother-angler who has made many a good bag in this 

 way in the Nerbudda, near Jubbulpore ; and who is conse- 

 quently in a position to guide my pen. 



Make up your mind where you are going to fish, and 

 send a servant, a day before, to ground bait the place. 

 Some ground bait for two or three days before; but one 

 day is enough; the places . selected should be deep strong 

 runs into pools, and it will be sufficient to bait two or 



* Captain George Chrystie, 3rd Madras European Regiment, and 

 Superintendent of Police. 



