ON THE MOOI OF NATAL 243 



fertile stretch of land in Natal. Just above 

 Rosetta farm, after which the railway station is 

 named, the Mooi widens considerably for a 

 stretch. Three or four great ledges of rocks 

 spanning the river, over and down which the 

 water comes, look like nature's staircases. 

 Cascades and miniature waterfalls are frequent, 

 in this part ; and the current, except in the still, 

 silent pools, is steady, though not so swift as the 

 Bushman's. The Mooi, which is a trifle wider 

 than the Bain in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, is a 

 fishable river. You can get to its banks so easily. 

 You do not have to war your way through gigantic 

 grasses as is or was sometimes the case on the 

 Umgeni ; mighty water-reeds, such as are some- 

 times met with on the Bushman's, are few and far 

 between ; and water much overhung with bushes 

 like that occasionally found in Cape Province is 

 the exception. 



Happy is my recollection of an angling holiday 

 spent on the Natal Mooi one September. Rosetta 

 was my station. Those who chose the names of 

 railway stations in Natal did their work admir- 

 ably. Restfulness itself is suggested by many 

 of the names Sweet Waters, Avoca, Rosetta, 

 Cedara, and so forth ; some of them eloquent 

 reminders of auld lang syne. 



The first trout of the trip the tangible 

 reward of that fascinating putting-together of the 

 tackle was caught near Rosetta station, a spot 

 comparatively little fished then, because it was 

 thought that trout had not come down from 



