CHAPTER IV 



CONTINENTAL STATES 



In reference to wliere to go in our foreign tours, much 

 might be written. The words embrace a wide range ; 

 for where do not Englishmen go ? and where is the spot 

 they do not carry their amusements with them, and 

 enjoy them, in spite of all difficulties? There are 

 scarcely any great sections of the globe wherein they 

 are to be found, in. which angling is not followed. They 

 have, within the last half-century, carried rod-fishing to 

 all the rivers of India ; they have thrown the fly upon 

 the numerous streams of South Africa, six hundjed 

 miles north of Cape Town ; they have sauntered on the 

 banks of the Nile, and other neighbouring waters ; they 

 have carried their rods and fly-books to all our Australian 

 possessions, and to all the islands of the Pacific Ocean ; 

 they have dropped their lines in the high waters of the 

 Amazon, the Plata, and the Orinoco; they have 

 naturalised their sport over the entire North American 

 Continent, from the southern point to the frozen banks 

 of Labrador; they have ransacked every nook and 

 corner of Europe ; and they are now taking their rods 

 and tackle into Asiatic Tartary, Circassia, Turkey, and 

 the Holy Land. Such being the case, we confess 

 ourselves somewhat puzzled how to set aljout our duty 

 of telling anglers where to go — not from any lack of 

 matter, but from its great superabundance. We must, 

 however, cut our labours down to something attainable 

 by the great majority of travelling piscatorians, and 



