Author: Cecil LangPublisher:
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Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Mighty Mahseer, and Other Fish
Author: Cecil LangThe Mighty Mahseer and Other Fish
Author: Cecil LangThe Mighty Mahseer, and Other Fish: Or Hints to Beginners on Indian Fishing (1903)
Author: Skene DhuPublisher:
ISBN: 9781104937447
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
The Mighty Mahseer, and Other Fish; Or, Hints to Beginners on Indian Fishing
Author: Cecil LangPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230327785
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I. ON SPORT GENERALLY AND FISHING IN PARTICULAR. QUT of all the young men who come to India for the first time how many bring out a rod? Almost all bring out guns or rifles with keen ideas of the sport to be their's when first they get leave, but for every twenty that bring out a gun, perhaps only one brings out a rod. And yet many of these men were keen enough fishermen at home. With some, it is the idea that having tasted the joys of salmon or trout fishing at home, there can be nothing here worthy of their skill. With others it is mere ignorance. No one has told them of the fine fish to be caught, while many have told them varied and exciting tales of tigers, bison and deer, and of the joys of pig-sticking. Personally I have been lucky enough to have had experience of most of the above sports, and--well comparisons are odious. There is a wild joy in being on a good horse, with a game old boar in front, and one lives a lifetime during that stern chase, and then that glorious moment when after many jinks and escapes, yours, the first spear goes well home, in a foe who is truly worthy of your steel. Then again is the moment of pure and holy joy that steals over one, when after following the tracks of a bison through dense jungle for the better part of the day, suddenly the old solitary bull appears before one, head in air sniffing the breeze and suspicious of danger, but not knowing where to look for it. Then your rifle rings out, he falls, rises again, and once more goes down to your second barrel, and a minute after you are admiring the massive frame, and splendid proportions, of perhaps the finest animal India has to offer in the way of "big game." But there is a joy of another sort, not to be beaten in pleasure and excitement...
The Mighty Mahseer and Other Fish; Or, Hints to Beginners on Indian Fishing
Author: Skene-Dhu (pseud.)The Mighty Mahseer, and Other Fish
Author: Skene DhuPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498184632
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1903 Edition.
The Mighty Mahseer and Other Fish; Or, Hints to Beginners on Indian Fishing. By Skene-Dhu. [With Illustrations.].
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Author: A Fish in Alien Streams
Author: Herjinder Singh SahniPublisher: Hachette India
ISBN: 9391028713
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
THE NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD STORY OF HOW THE TROUT CAME TO CALL INDIAN RIVERS ITS HOME. When the East India Company's business venture with India turned into a full-fledged occupation of the country, the British in India, apart from establishing their governance, were concerned with one more thing - how to make their surroundings here more akin to their homeland. Even as they dotted the Indian terrain with their manicured gardens, clock towers and pristine colonial structures, many among them (particularly a clutch of British anglers) increasingly felt the absence of one essential fish in Indian rivers - the trout. A Fish in Alien Streams presents the astounding story of a motley group of mavericks, adventurers and eccentric naturalists who, driven by their peculiar fixation, were obsessed with introducing the trout to India's rivers. This delightful account of an unknown slice of India's colonial past combines incredible research involving antique books, rare documents and letters of wistful longing for the trout with the minutiae of fishing and skilful planning. Spanning the Kashmir valley, Kullu, Uttarkashi, the Nilgiris, Travancore and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), this unique and incredible tale is about magnificent passions, countless failures and ultimate triumph.
Author: British Library
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