138 FISH CULTURE. 



holes by the heats of summer. But, added to its 

 excellent and desirable edible qualities, it presents 

 the strong attraction of being a capital sporting fish, 

 taking both fly and worm freely, and playing like a 

 fresh-run sea-trout when hooked. Whether the fish 

 would stand our winters is the question to be re- 

 solved ; in other respects, our streams would unques- 

 tionably suit it well enough. Its capabilities, also, of 

 being transported and acclimatized at any distance, 

 have also to be tested. Of its desirableness there can 

 be no shadow of a doubt ; and it might further be 

 worthy of consideration, whether, even if our winters 

 did not suit it, it would not be the very fish particu- 

 larly suited to the fine, but fishless streams of the 

 Cape and many of the Australian streams, both of 

 which, like those of Jamaica, become rather water- 

 holes in summer. 



