APPENDIX B. 



An Extract from the "The Field" of 2th October 1869. 



JjAVING had some excellent sport, Mahseer fishing, in 

 the previous year, A. and I determined upon seeing what 

 the capabilities of the Poonah river really were. A trip 

 of this kind of course requires considerable preparation 

 in a country away from tackle makers, and where gut 

 rots almost as soon as it arrives. Strong lines also are 

 absolutely necessary, they must be 200 yards long, and 

 have a reel capable of holding that length. We knew 

 by experience how fatal these monsters were to tackle — 

 even treble gut — and to hooks, which they managed to 

 break, bend or straighten in a most * mysterious way. 



We were prepared and equipped for a start on March 

 1, 1867, and had our Murree cart at the door for our six- 

 ty mile drive, which we accomplished in five hours. These 

 carts reflect great credit on Mr. Faichnie, Inspector of 

 H. M's. Mail at Rawul Pindee, who invented them. They 

 have four seats, back to back, fore and aft, placed just 

 above the axle tree. The shafts run through the whole 

 length of the cart, which is substantially built, and has 

 the centre of gravity so low that it would be next to an 

 impossibility to overturn it. Two horses are always used, 

 one in the shafts and the other attached to an outrigger 



*See remarks on compression, page 36. 



