n8 ANIMAL LIFE IN AFRICA 



balance was shown. The law forbids the taking of trout 

 by any other means excepting by angling with the fly, 

 and thus due increase is ensured, for in the chosen 

 localities there are few natural enemies to contend with. 



Trout in south Africa grow in size and numbers at a 

 rate unknown in Europe. Some rainbow fry were turned 

 into a Swaziland stream in? October 1908, and in 

 November 1909 Mr. R. T. Coryndon, the Commissioner, 

 landed one weighing two and a quarter pounds, which 

 must be nearly a record in rapid growth. This trout, the 

 first ever caught in Swaziland, is now modelled among 

 Mr. Coryndon's many other trophies of the field. Ac- 

 climatization has also been successfully carried out as 

 far north as British Nyasaland, where the trout have 

 taken kindly to the mountain streams of the highlands 

 near Zomba. 



It is said that on the whole the rainbow trout has been 

 found more suitable to south African waters than the 

 British form. On the Mooi River and elsewhere fish of 

 from four to six pounds in weight are constantly taken 

 by anglers. It remains to be seen to what size those 

 turned into the deep artificial lakes and reservoirs near 

 Johannesburg may eventually attain. 



European carp have likewise been introduced to many 

 of the dams and reservoirs with great success. It has 

 proved to be a very popular fish in the country, and the 

 Trout Acclimatization Society receives applications for 

 small fish from all over south Africa. From the Klein- 

 fontein Dam, which was stocked in 1904, several tons 

 weight of carp were captured in 1910. 



THE TIGER FISH. Of all the fish native to south 

 Africa, the tiger fish stands out easily the king. Of 

 slender and graceful build, covered with large silvery scales, 

 ornamented on his sides with horizontal black stripes, 



