TROUT FISHING IN S. AFRICA 203 
his prowess in Africa which I saw in the R.A.S.C. 
mess at Woolwich testified—than in the fishing 
rod, yet he had seen not a little of angling in 
Africa. When soldiering near Eshowe, South 
Zululand, in 1883, he saw frequent catches of 
yellow fish, taken on the fly, and he himself 
caught scalies ee which I say something later) 
in Natal. In British East Africa he took yellow 
fish in the Chamya and Thika rivers, and he told 
me that Sir Henry Belfield, sometime Governor of 
British East Africa, took great interest in the 
question of trout acclimatization. ‘There are trout 
in the highland streams of British East Africa. 
Colonel Stanley said that in the West Kenia 
district, East Africa, there is a stream which looks 
ideal for trout, the West Kenia river, running 
down from the mountain to the plains. 
The London office of the High Commissioner 
for South Africa is at 32, Victoria Street, West- 
minster, S.W.1. Here of course all South African 
matters are dealt with, The Trade Section of the 
High Commissioner’s Office, which deals with 
export matters of the Union, is, however, at 
present at 90, Cannon Street, London, E.C.4. It 
strikes one as only a matter of time before the 
Union authorities will be compelled to build or to 
acquire a London building appropriate to the 
importance and volume of the work involved. 
Betaking myself one day to the Trades Section at 
go, Cannon Street, E.C., with one especial object 
(you can imagine it: hoping to see some South 
African trout !), I noticed in the window and in 
