A TWjNTY-POUR pound ''BAGGAkr 171 to throw the casting-net ; and the meshes of the big one were, of course, far too large to hold those of a suitable size for our purpose.

Lort Phillips hit upon a jlan, however, which proved most successful. He noticed that a species of gudgeon frequented the large stones in the shallows, much in the manner that trout do at home ; but unlike them they refused to be tickled. He got some large flat stones, which he placed in the water, supporting them on smaller ones, to make a good covert into which the fish ran when frightened ; he then, with the help of Mahoom, dropped the casting-net over the top, and all that happened to be underneath were secured. With a supply of live bait, we were always sure of sport ; no sooner had the float rounded the corner of a big rock in the middle of the stream, than it would disappear as if it had been a stone ; then came a rush, and generally a clean jump or two, like that of a spring salmon.

One morning, as Lort Phillips and I were going out shooting, we saw Colvin at the old place, gesticulating wildly ; and, on going to see what was up, found he had hooked a big fish, and wanted some one to gaff it for him. After some time it came to the surface, and in one of its struggles disgorged its breakfast in the shape of a partly digested fish, weighing a pound and a half ; it proved to be a magnificent baggai', over twenty-two pounds in weight. This was the largest fish that had been caught so far ; but the same evening, on our return, Lort Phillips caught one weighing twenty-four pounds. It is by far the best eating of any of the Settite fish ; in fact, it would be hard to beat it anywhere for delicacy of flavour.

There was another fish, a kind of silurian, of which we caught a great many ; it is a very ugly, sluggish brute, and gives little or no sport ; it would seize the bait, and bear straight away,