TROUT FISHING IN S, AFRICA arr 
Vereeniging is in the Transvaal. Once a friend 
and I went for two days to Waterval Boven 
(Elands river) in quest of trout; on the one day 
we had no luck, on the next the water was in 
flood. In the Heidelberg district—not a far cry 
from Johannesburg—excellent native fishing is to 
be had. Johannesburg has an Anglers’ Club. 
Angling is to be had on the Witwatersrand in 
some dams or reservoirs, some containing carp. 
It is good to realize that in a mining district like 
Johannesburg all the usual open-air sports and 
pastimes are keenly followed, and you can imagine 
how a miner who has been down below most of 
the week enjoys his little bit of fishing when he 
can get it in the glorious open air. Cricket, foot- 
ball, tennis, bowls (for the good old game 
flourishes in South Africa), are all played with 
zest, for in Johannesburg sportsmen abound, as 
indeed they do all over South Africa, It was 
delightful to hear in England the tributes paid to 
the cricket, football, and lawn tennis representa- 
tives of South Africa. They were acknowledged 
to be “white men.” 
Inquiries about travelling, cost of living, and 
other useful details, would, I feel sure, be answered 
as fully as possible at the High Commissioner’s 
Office for South Africa, in London. Officially- 
published facts and figures connected with trout- 
fishing are to be had in book form, thanks to the 
enterprise of the Publicity Department, South 
African Railways, Johannesburg. Managing this 
Department comes within the duties of the 
