tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post4058130246839380534..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Old Anglo Indian BooksSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-70205505693673508982012-12-13T11:16:09.496-08:002012-12-13T11:16:09.496-08:00No problem Nigel. And as far as I know all near- 3...No problem Nigel. And as far as I know all near- 3000 posts remain open to comment...Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-13564054447381630802012-12-13T11:07:48.295-08:002012-12-13T11:07:48.295-08:00The other thing I don't know is how to post a ...The other thing I don't know is how to post a comment! I thought the first one had disappeared, so I "re-sent"! Sorry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171801712986282111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-18251064261244701182012-12-13T01:12:20.419-08:002012-12-13T01:12:20.419-08:00I don't know if this thread is still " li...I don't know if this thread is still " live" but, if it is, thanks for pointing out the chapter heading "Circumventing the Mahseer" in Thomas's book. MacDonald wrote eleven articles for the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society under that title betwee 1942 and 1946. They were then published as a single book under that name. Fascinating stuff! - like all the Journal's articles, written by enthusiastic, mainly "amateur" men, a long way from home.<br />Poor old Thomas spent £400 on colour plates for his second edition of Rod in India - but never got his money back!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171801712986282111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-68929082244001703342012-12-13T00:59:04.616-08:002012-12-13T00:59:04.616-08:00I don't know whether your thread about fishing...I don't know whether your thread about fishing in India is still "live" but, if it is, thanks for pointing out "Circumventing the Mahseer" as a chapter heading in Thomas's book; I hadn't noticed before. MacDonald wrote eleven articles under that title for the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society between 1942 and 1946. They were then published as a single book. Fascinating stuff; all names and places. <br />Poor old Thomas spent £400 on colour plates for his second edition of The Rod in India - and never got his money back! All these books on fishing in India during the "days of the Raj" are fascinating - highly personal and usually "amateur" writing by men a long way from home.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171801712986282111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-58342335451443972592012-02-23T06:18:59.921-08:002012-02-23T06:18:59.921-08:00I'll be writing about Wade.
Codger-- ever cat...I'll be writing about Wade.<br /><br />Codger-- ever catch one yourself? It is the one fish I dream of, more even than tarpon, because of the surroundings & history. Do you have the big anthology volume of the Bombay society, which also has falconry, dogs, much more?Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-84356890219711765372012-02-20T21:19:01.238-08:002012-02-20T21:19:01.238-08:00re: swaztikas
http://hipsterhitler.com/comics/log...re: swaztikas<br /><br />http://hipsterhitler.com/comics/logo/N_Chttp://neutrino-cannon.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-84697670725392074622012-02-19T20:44:55.846-08:002012-02-19T20:44:55.846-08:00The trophy of the masheer was the pharyngeal jaws,...The trophy of the masheer was the pharyngeal jaws, mounted on a small hardwood plaque. The van Ingen brothers of Mysore, who had the government contract for taxidermy, had a tremendous collection of colonial trophies, including many mahseer jaws. I got a set from the kitchen of a forest bungalow in Kerala back in the 90s, and kept it in my office. When visitors would ask what they were I'd tell them they were a set of homemade dentures from a mahout. BTW, Circumventing the masheer was first published (I believe) as a 3 part serial in the Bombay Natural History Society Journal.Camera Trap Codgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052159376463794204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-38688681392214164632012-02-19T18:36:16.119-08:002012-02-19T18:36:16.119-08:00Thomas's The Rod in India is online for free a...Thomas's The Rod in India is online for free as an ebook dload as well as other formats, like flip books.<br /><br />Archive.org<br />ebooksread.com<br /><br />WHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-55651912645194571292012-02-19T18:33:45.084-08:002012-02-19T18:33:45.084-08:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LudndCm70lY&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LudndCm70lY&feature=relmfu<br /><br />The monster cat is a goonch, cool name, and they get big. River Monsters host, Jeremy Wade, gets a good one on the video link. Worth a look.<br /><br />WHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com