212 THE TROUT ARE RISING 



General Manager of the South African Railways, 

 Sir William Hoy, who is himself a keen fly- 

 fisherman when he can find time. An " Official 

 Illustrated Guide to Trout Fishing in South 

 Africa " is thus published. In addition to the 

 text, which gives information as to trout-fishing 

 over a large area, it contains a wealth of delight- 

 ful illustrations. South Africa is a vast country, 

 and dwellers in towns were probably unaware of 

 some of the many trout rivers till they saw these 

 pictures. One enjoyable holiday which I had on 

 the Bushman's River, Natal, was due to my 

 finding it pictured in the guide. The picture 

 pulled and I went. " Trout Fishing in the Cape 

 Colony," by Mr. Dumaresq W. Manning, of 

 the Cape Civil Service, was issued in 1908 with 

 the approval of the Government of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. The merits of this book are 

 indicated by the following passage from an article, 

 by John Bickerdyke, in the summer (1919) 

 number of The Journal of the Fly-Fishers' Club. 

 He says, " On arrival in Capetown the fly- 

 fisher should get in touch with the Secretary of 

 the Publicity Association, and purchase Mr. 

 Manning's book on * Trout Fishing in Cape 

 Colony,' which is published at the ' Argus ' office. 

 It contains a most useful map." 



Although we are primarily concerned with 

 trout, yet it may be added that South Africa's 

 various native fish are not to be despised. Among 

 them are : the tiger fish, a rare sporting fish, the 

 yellow fish, which gives sport to fly and bait, the 



