Mav t, 1S88.) THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
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large boxes, airtight if possible, either wood or 
iron, the fresh leaf to be closely packed and pressed, 
the firmer the better. This I expect will carry 
without change fur Vi hours, and would lessen cost 
of transit very much. I consider a basket of leaf 
in the loose state it is carried from a distance 
has the very best chance of fermenting and dete- 
riorating on the way. In the packed box no doubt 
some leaves would be bruised, but they could be 
picked out and cured separately, if necessary. 
Please get someone to give this a trial. Weather 
simply perfect, crop coming in, and as yet very 
little bug. UVA. 
TROUT IN CEYLON: MAHSEER AND 
LULU. 
G. 0. H., April 19th. 
Sir, — I have lately returned from a shooting trip 
in the Anuradhapura district, and having been laid up 
for more than a fortnight at a place on the Kuru- 
negala road far out of the reach of postal com- 
munication, was naturally glad enough to look at 
the papers when I arrived at Colombo. 
It may be in the memory of some of your readers 
that some time ago when the first trout was caught 
in Ceylon, 1 wrote a letter to your journal, con- 
gratulating Mr. LoMesurier on the successful result 
of his experiment, and suggesting that if further 
acclimatization were tried, it would be desirable to 
get some ova of the species of the trout which 
are found near Tetuau in Morocco; as fish from 
a similar climate habitat would be more likely to 
succeed here than ova imported from the colder 
waters of Scotland or England where they could 
only be expected to survive in the hill streams, 
and not be of general bent-lit to the whole island. 
In answer to my letter Mr. Cross, who was the 
gentleman who was fortunate enough to catch the 
first Ceylon trout, wrote rather questioning my 
statement that there were trout at all in Morocco. 
It was, therefore, a rather curious coincidence that 
on taking up the Field of March 3rd, almost the 
first thing I saw was the interesting article by 
that experienced angler and well-known writer to 
tho Wield, Sarcelle, on " Homo African Trout." I 
do not wish to re open the discussion with Mr. 
Cross for the petty object of proving that my facts 
were correct, but f have been asked in the public 
interest to call tho attention of Ceylon sportsmen 
generally, and Mr. LoMesurier in particular, to the 
letter I refer to, for the following reasons: — 
1st. That, if an importation of these splendid 
fish could bo successfully introduced here as tho 
climate of Tetuan is, even in tho winter, far hotter 
than tho average climate of Ceylon, there is no 
reason why these fish should not people not only 
tho hill Mtreams, but also spread over all the large 
rivers of tho island, thereby not only affording sport 
and healthful recreati >n to the Europeans, but 
also an addition of valuable food supply for the 
natives. 
-'nd. That Morocco is nearer than England, and 
consequently tho week less of time required for the 
11. in . it of ova would materially diminish the risk. 
Brd. That the present British Minister at Tangier, 
Mr. Kii by Green, is a near relative of one of your 
best- known merchants in Colombo, so would naturally 
take an interest in giving his utmost assistance. 
Further, Sarcille. who is an enthusiastic pisoi- 
culturalist and who is, 1 believe, well-known to bo 
no other than 11. M. Consul at Mogador, would 
doubtless assist with his experience and advice. 
Oboving. therefore, the expressed will of somo Ceylon 
rciiaents, I again vonturo to call the attention of 
Mr. Lr.M. suiier to this point, and 1 hnpo that if 
tried, the experiment will be a successful one, and 
that I may live to return to Ceylon and catch a 
Salmo Macrostigma in its beautiful and sunny 
streams. One word of warning I would venture to 
give, and that is that great care should be taken 
when importing these ova not to lower the tem- 
perature with ice too much, for just as our northern 
trout are bred in the icy streams of Wales and 
Scotland, and any sudden rise of the tempera- 
ture above a certain point becomes fatal to them, 
so those fish bred in the almost tepid streams 
running down from the Atlas range, any ex- 
cessive lowering of tho temperature would be as 
fatal to them as excess of heat to the others. The 
temperature should bo lowered very gradually to a 
certain point, and then kept as steady as possible. 
I see there was a discussion also as to the mahseer 
being identical with the Ceylon lulu. I cannot say 
whether the mahseer is found in Ceylon, but I took 
particular pains to procure specimens of the lulu, 
and I can positively assert that the lulu is not the 
mahseer, or in the slightest degree resembling it. 
Tho lulu is one of the great loach tribe, but more 
nearly allied to its European congener (the Silunw 
Glanis), while the mahseer belongs to the carp tribe, 
and more nearly resembles a huge chub than any- 
thing else." L.T. GRAHAM-CLARKE. 
SOME AFRICAN TROUT. 
The existence of undoubted trout in the neighbour- 
hood |o£ Tangier, in certain streams among the An- 
ghera Mountains, was, I behevo, made known some 
years ago through the columns of Tie Fief'/ by an 
English gentleman resident at Tangier. But now that 
the picturesquely situated town on the Straits of 
Gibraltar appears to be coming into some fame and 
favour as a winter health-resort, and that travellers 
in the empire of Morocco are yearly becoming more 
numerous, some littlo additional information on the 
subject of these interesting Salniomdu: may be found 
useful. Tho principle places where they are 
caught are the said Anghera Mountains, near Tangier, 
and certain affluents of the Marteen river, near Tetuan, 
on the Mediterranean side of the Straits. From 
tho latter place I received last year a huge bottle, 
containing what I should have called, bad I c night 
them in a mouutain stream, a very pretty dish of 
trout. They were from a quarter to three-quarters of 
a pound in weight, some brown and golden with large 
red spots ; some silvery sea-trout-looking speci- 
mens, with small black, and a few small pitik spots. I 
fondly hoped that some of the latter niieht prove to 
be anadromous; but on examination by Dr. Giiulher, 
that eminent authority stated that there was not a 
migratory specimen among them, and that they were 
" without doubt tho Salmo macrostigma," precisely 
similar to specimens previously received from Algeria 
and Tangier, Algerian travellers should mako a noto 
of this. 
Information about the Anghera trout streams can 
doubtless be obtained from the hotel keepers at Tangier. 
With relerencc to Tetuau, I have received from an 
intelligent resident tho following interesting particu- 
lars, which I translate literally from the Spanish : — 
The trout are caught in "the affluent of tho river 
Martin (Marteen), called Kitan, and in another called 
Bajdsd (probably l'.ow J'dad), They aro also caught 
in an abyss (pit?) full of water from a spring, called 
Xirkan, in the village of Yarghitt. It is supposed that 
both in Kitan and in Yarghitt they aro bred because 
tho water, passing through tho mills, carries along 
some of the flour ground in the mills which are near 
thoMO places. Yarghitt is distant about four miles 
from Tetuau toward the mountain licnt lior.mar; 
Bujdad three miles Irom Tetuan on the skii t of the samu 
muuutaiu ; Kitau is two miles off, and is between the 
orange groves which bear that name. The trout urc 
never caught at the mouth of the liver n»sr the II a, 
but only in tho places I have stated above, Thoy 
aro caught always by somo four or kh individ isl>, 
ouly with hooki", not with nets or any Otbfi Ml r.i- 
