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his prowess in Africa which 1 saw in the R.A.S.C. 

 mess at Woolwich testified than in the fishing 

 rod, yet he had seen not a little of angling in 

 Africa. When soldiering near Eshowe, South 

 Zululand, in 1883, he saw frequent catches of 

 yellow fish, taken on the fly, and he himself 

 caught scalies (about which I say something later) 

 in Natal. In British East Africa he took yellow 

 fish in the Chamya and Thika rivers, and he told 

 me that Sir Henry Belfield, sometime Governor of 

 British East Africa, took great interest in the 

 question of trout acclimatization. There are trout 

 in the highland streams of British East Africa. 

 Colonel Stanley said that in the West Kenia 

 district, East Africa, there is a stream which looks 

 ideal for trout, the West Kenia river, running 

 down from the mountain to the plains. 



The London office of the High Commissioner 

 for South Africa is at 32, Victoria Street, West- 

 minster, S.W.i. Here of course all South African 

 matters are dealt with. The Trade Section of the 

 High Commissioner's Office, which deals with 

 export matters of the Union, is, however, at 

 present at 90, Cannon Street, London, E.C.4. It 

 strikes one as only a matter of time before the 

 Union authorities will be compelled to build or to 

 acquire a London building appropriate to the 

 importance and volume of the work involved. 

 Betaking myself one day to the Trades Section at 

 90, Cannon Street, E.C., with one especial object 

 (you can imagine it : hoping to see some South 

 African trout !), I noticed in the window and in 



