NOTE II 



bettor known to Blakey than those of Canada. In these days 

 it is our own Dominion that provides the rich American salmon 

 anglers with their choicest sport. The few streams specified by 

 Blakey are mostly streams tenanted by the char (salmofonUnalis), 

 which is universally called "brook trout," both in America and 

 Canada, and which have of late years been introduced into the 

 lakes and rivers of the New World. There is only one short 

 length of river in the United States of the Atlantic coast where 

 salmon-fishing may be enjoyed, and it is worth very little. 

 Enterprising American anglers, therefore, go over into Canada 

 for their angling, and so it happens that some of the best salmon- 

 fishings in the Dominion are in their hands. During the last 

 quarter of a century, however, the fishing west of the Rocky 

 Mountains, in our own British Columbia, has been immensely 

 developed. 



In his description of the countries to which angling has 

 extended, it is not surprising that no mention is made by Blakey 

 of Tasmania, New Zealand, or Australia, for it was only in 1863 

 that the grand work of introducing the British salmonidEe into 

 Antipodean waters was begun. If he were writing his book 

 to-day, lie would be able to give glowing descriptions of the 

 successful acclimatisation of trout, first into the livers of 

 Tasmania, next into those of New Zealand, and later into some 

 of the colonies of Australia ; indeed, he would be justified in 

 describing New Zealand as the nearest approach to an Angler's 

 Paradise to be found at the present time. Our British brown 

 trout have also been introduced into South Africa, Ceylon, and 

 the Himalayas, so that in course of time there will be trout- 

 fishing for every part of the civilised globe. There is indeed 

 continual advance in all matters connected with fishing. For 

 example, it is only in comparatively recent years that the very 

 largest fish which is habitually taken with rod and line has 

 been discovered in the Gulf of Florida, viz. the member of the 

 herring family bearing the name of Tarpon, or Silver King. 

 The largest specimen taken with rod and line was a monster fish 

 of 205 lbs., captured by an American lady angler. — W. S. 



