Some Notes upon Fly Fishing in British Guiana. 



By " Oxony 



HE Editor of Ttmehri ha.s been worrying me for 

 some time to write him a paper for his Maga- 

 «?-j > > -' zine. He complains, and not without cause, 

 that it becomes increasingly difficult to obtain suitable 

 articles for its pages. Subjedls of interest in a small 

 colony like this must naturally be restri6led in number. 

 There seems too to be some difference of opinion amongst 

 members of the Society as to what are suitable articles. I 

 once wrote a paper which was published in Timehri zxi6. 

 which excited some attention ; one critic described it as 

 " splendidly written," and of course I thought he was a man 

 of sense and taste ; another authority said that it was not 

 suitable for the pages of the journal. Some people seem to 

 think that Ttmehri should only contain solemn articles 

 upon Multitubular boilers or Evaporating processes ; but if 

 one may judge from the engraving which adorns the front 

 of the Journal, the original writings of Ttmehri were of 

 a more attra6tive chara6ler, as monkeys, lizards, mum- 

 mies and grotesque figures are there depicted : asssoci- 

 ated more with natural history than with Sugar-making. 

 Encouraged by the original writers of Timehriy and 

 braving the wrath of the sugar planters, I am going to 

 venture upon another article, this time a very short one. 

 There have been some interesting papers in the Journal 

 lately dealing with bats, insefts and other inhabitants of 

 our colony, so I propose to write upon Fishes and how 

 to catch them. All of us are aware how largely fishing 



