258 The spoils of the campaign. A 



of slack line, that flew back in my face the momei 

 line was freed, though I was running back from the 

 and winding up as fast as I could, that very disagrt 

 sensation of "He's- off," which every fisherman must 

 came over me. In this instance, however, my alari 

 groundless, as the fish still proved to be on. Anothe 

 I lost a fine fish, that I had played for the best p 

 an hour and had completely tired out, by a swivel \ 

 ing, making the second good fish lost in that way. 

 The accompanying table shews the particulars of 

 day's sport: 



March. Respective weights of fish in pounds. Number of 



fish caught. 



2nd. 35, 29, 17, 7, 3 (lost 3 fish) 5 



3rd. 44, 40, 40, 36, 18, 18, 14 (lost 6 fisli) ... 7 



4th. 38, 18, 14, 3 (lost 3 fish) 4 



5th. 52, 22, 19, 14, 4 (lost 2 fish) 5 



6th. 7, 7 (lost 2 fish) 2 



7th. 17, 16, 10, 8, 3, 2 (lost 3 fish) 6 



8th. 30, 18, 10, 8, 5£, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1 (lost 3 fish) . 11 



9th. 25, 24, 18, 16, 11, 10, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7, 5, 4, 3 (lost 



2 fish) 14 



10th. 43, 28, 24, 18, 11, 9, 8, 8, 7, 7, 5, 14, 4, 3, 3, 



2, 2, 2 (lost 4 fish). . . . , 18 



11th. 33,13,10,7,5,5,5,4£,4,3J,3£,2£,2,(lost3fish) 13 



12th. 30,3 2 



In eleven days 87 fish were caught, weighing 1141 

 being an average of rather more than 13 lbs. 2| oz. 



I hope I have been able to convey to your readers 

 idea of what splendid sport Mahseer fishing is in '. 



