An Angler's Paradise. IL 
the mouth of the river itself. It is one of the snow-fed rivers ; 
and with respect to it, and all streams that so take their rise, the 
sensible warning is given that the angler should always make 
inquiry as to the state of the water before proceeding upon an 
expedition. It was in Rakaia that the splendid takes of trout 
reported last year were made. Eight fish, weighing eighty-eight 
pounds, is something indeed worth entering in the diary ; but that 
was beaten in February the year before last, by one angler taking 
thirteen fish weighing a hundred and forty-seven pounds, the 
largest being sixteen and a half pounds, the smallest eight pounds. 
Even this, however, was surpassed by a party of three gentlemen 
fishing along the shingle bank, on the south side of the river, near 
the sea. They took forty-four fish weighing three hundred and 
forty-seven and a half pounds.” Such reports as these have been 
numerous and are most encouraging. 
From Tasmania also come most gratifying accounts, as well 
as from other countries, and a friend writing from Tasmania 
remarks :—“ The English trout that have been acclimatized here 
have done remarkably well and attain a great size.” So then in 
Tasmania also, trout culture, though carried on under the great 
difficulty of importing ova from Britain at a time when the matter 
was but very imperfectly understood, has proved a decided 
success. 
The results obtained in America would fill a series of books, 
and want of space must be my plea for not going into details 
respecting them. I may say that J have seen quite enough, when 
over there on fishery business, to be convinced that a great work 
is going on, both in the United States and in Canada, that is 
productive of much good. Salmon have for some time been 
caught on some of the great rivers by machinery, large wheels 
being fixed at suitable places in the streams, which literally scoop 
or shovel the fish out by thousands. So enormous is the de- 
struction of salmon on some of these rivers that there would soon 
be none left but for cultivation. The fish crowd up the rivers in 
the migratory seasons in enormous numbers ; quantities, in fact, 
that we have no idea of in this country. The wheels are placed 
on scows or barges, or worked from the side of the river, just as 
may be most convenient for taking the fish. These latter in 
