TROUT FISHING IN S. AFRICA 211 



Vereeniging is in the Transvaal. Once a friend 

 and I went for two days to Waterval Boven 

 (Elands river) in quest of trout ; on the one day 

 we had no luck, on the next the water was in 

 flood. In the Heidelberg district not a far cry 

 from Johannesburg excellent native fishing is to 

 be had. Johannesburg has an Anglers' Club. 

 Angling is to be had on the Witwatersrand in 

 some dams or reservoirs, some containing carp. 

 It is good to realize that in a mining district like 

 Johannesburg all the usual open-air sports and 

 pastimes are keenly followed, and you can imagine 

 how a miner who has been down below most of 

 the week enjoys his little bit of fishing when he 

 can get it in the glorious open air. Cricket, foot- 

 ball, tennis, bowls (for the good old game 

 flourishes in South Africa), are all played with 

 zest, for in Johannesburg sportsmen abound, as 

 indeed they do all over South Africa. It was 

 delightful to hear in England the tributes paid to 

 the cricket, football, and lawn tennis representa- 

 tives of South Africa. They were acknowledged 

 to be " white men." 



Inquiries about travelling, cost of living, and 

 other useful details, would, I feel sure, be answered 

 as fully as possible at the High Commissioner's 

 Office for South Africa, in London. Officially- 

 published facts and figures connected with trout- 

 fishing are to be had in book form, thanks to the 

 enterprise of the Publicity Department, South 

 African Railways, Johannesburg. Managing this 

 Department comes within the duties of the 



