236 THE TROUT ARE RISING 
dropped active attention to trout acclimatization, 
to renew their interest in it, to sanction further 
expenditure, and to encourage the movement 
generally. When a reporter on the Natal 
Witness, about nineteen years ago, I saw Mr. 
Winter, then Colonial Secretary of the Natal 
Government, at Pietermaritzburg, and it was a 
pleasure to see that he was in complete sympathy 
with the undertaking ; I remember well, even at 
this distant date, how he pressed the point that 
good trout fishing was not only an asset in itself 
to a Colony, but also that it was a distinct source 
of attraction to visitors. 
The Natal Government now invited Mr. 
Parker to superintend the hatcheries. His was 
an honorary post, the Government paying out-of- 
pocket expenses. The original plant was trans- 
ferred to Tetworth, and was supplemented by 
two stock ponds. The work flourished, and 
as honorary superintendent Mr. Parker was 
responsible for various distributions of trout in 
different parts of Natal. The happy days which 
anglers have had on the Mooi, the Umgeni, the 
Bushman’s, and other Natal rivers are thus all 
traceable to the pioneer work at Boschfontein 
(where the plant originally was) and at Tetworth. 
Eternal vigilance is the physical price of 
success in running a trout hatchery. I recall 
a day spent at Tetworth in 1901. Mr, Parker 
took me to a spruit close to the farmstead, where 
he had made a little dam, from which the water, 
led away through a wooden spout, fell into the 
