XIX 

 NATAL'S EARLY TROUT 



MODEST but thorough, describes the 

 attention paid by the authorities in 

 Natal, in the early days, to trout 

 acclimatization. Compared with the 

 work done in the Cape Colony, the preliminary 

 attempts in Natal were on a small scale. As 

 I have before said, to Mr. J. C. Parker more 

 than to any other is due the progress made there. 

 In the Cape Colony, as it then was (now it is a 

 Province), there were at least two hatcheries, one 

 at Pirie Bush, near Kingwilliamstown, and the 

 other at Jonker's Hoek, Stellenbosch, near Cape- 

 town ; at both of which institutions, Mr. 

 Chaplin, a professional pisciculturist, has done 

 devoted efficient work. Numerous indeed have 

 been the official supplies of ova from Jonker's 

 Hoek to other parts of South Africa. 



So much enjoyment has been received by 

 wielders of the fly-rod in Natal that a retrospect 

 can fittingly be made here. Many men on leaving 

 the homeland for Natal, have had hopes of finding 

 trout-fishing there. Of these hopeful wanderers 

 1 myself was one, Our wishes in respect of 



