Fishing in North Carolina. 



the Eidge. They are likewise dissimilar as to 

 species. The most noteworthy fish is the beau- 

 tiful, speckled trout, but this fish has become 

 scarce since the advent of railroads in proximity 

 to its favorable haunts. 



In the middle section we have such great 

 rivers as the Tar, Neuse, Cape Eear and Yadkin. 



The latter is big enough and good enough to 

 be step-father to all the others, and 400 miles 

 long, having one of its sources in a spring a mile 

 or so from Blowing Rock, and condescending to 

 empty its waters through another State. 



The Tar, ISTeuse, and Cape Fear rivers how- 

 ever, are strictly North Carolina waters, and the 

 Cape Fear is the longest. 



of course, these rivers have a great many 

 tributaries, large and small, and in time of flood 

 they become mighty powerful. 



The waters take on color from the character 

 of the soil through which they flow. Until they 

 reach ,the sand belt, or the Scuppemong terri- 

 tory, the water is yellowish ; but after they strike 

 sand and juniper or cypress it becomes black; 

 and, generally speaking, at this line of demar- 



