f HE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [May i, 1888. 
tnents. Very few are caught, and not when the river 
is very clear, for there are few of them, and they are 
quick at seeing the fisherman (lit., "they see much the 
fisherman"). Nor can they be caught in all seasons. 
Tbey are mostly taken in the spring and on the first 
raius of winter. The literal name which is given to 
them Lere is essem.lt, and many Moors do not know 
this name. 
There is a hiatus in the above quaintly interesting 
account, in that my kiad iuformant makes no men- 
tion of the bait put on the hooks wi:h whirl) the 
"four or six individuals" (doubtless professional fisher- 
men), bring to bank the spotted beauties amid the 
orange groves of Kitan, and by the mill-tails of Yar- 
ghitt. But surely there is a new and luxurious sen- 
sation for the Globe-trotting angler — trout fishing am a.u 
orange groves, with sweet suggestions of wetting the 
first fish on a hot day with a juicy orange instead of 
a drop of the crathur. 
Apropos of baits, I heard from some travellers who 
paid a brief visit to one of the .districts in qu- stion, 
that tbey, trying various flies, were unsuccessful, and 
were laughed at by the natives who told them that 
the fish would not take anything of that kind, and 
proceeded to catch some with worms, grasshoppers, 
or grubs. I am not quite sure which. Dr. Gimtlrr 
slates that the stomachs of most of the Tetuan trout 
which I sent him were " crammed full with the larva 
of some Dipterous insect unknown to me." I sLould 
imagine that they would, like most other trout, take 
the right fly when offered to them at the right time, 
and in the right way, and that they woui I prove far 
less highly educated than the inhabitar.ts of the 
crystal chalk stream waters which " Detached 
Badger" and other masters of the great dry fly school 
are so successful in beguiling. 
Were the place not so far from this southern dis- 
trict of mine, I would soon try conclusions, with fly, 
minnow, and faute de mieux worm. But I hope that 
ere long some of the numerous sportsmen visiting Mor- 
rocco may be able to give in these columns satisfactory 
accounts of interviews with the bonny essemh of the 
Anghera hills, the Kitan orange groves, and the Yar- 
ghitt flour mills. The Anghera streams can be reached 
from TaDgier, where there are plenty of hotels, and" 
guides, tents, &c, can be obtained. The other waters 
are within easy distance of Tetuan, where there is a 
small hotel, the proprietor of which speaks English, 
and can give a necessary information. Sarcelle. 
Mogador, Morrocco, Feb. 8th. 
—The Field. 
SPECIAL TEAS FOR AMERICA. 
Kelani Valley, 20th April 1888. 
Dear Sib, — Don't you think that Mr. Ruther- 
fords scheme would be far more likely to succeed 
if we studied the tastes of our American cousins, 
instead of sending them a tea they are wholly un- 
used to ? 
Tea, like many other good things (pickled olives 
for instance), is an acquired taste, and the people 
used to the harsh bitter flavour of green tea will be 
long before they learn to appreciate the rich malty 
flavour of our black teas. 
But, apart from this, green tea appears to pro- 
mise far better results as regards prices than we 
can hope to obtain for our black tea, besides the 
advantage to the latter. 
I have lately had an opportunity of tasting 
samples of China green teas (some of the lower grades 
literally rubbish) which fetched in New York the 
splendid average of 31 cents of a dol. per lb., 
or about 93 cents of Ceylon money taking the dol. 
at 4s 6d and tho rupee at Is 6d sterling. Ceylon 
black teas sold in the Lane about the same time 
averaged barely 70 cents per lb. ; here then is a 
difference of upwards of 20 cents per lb. in favour 
of green tea, even if wo cannot hope to beat China 
in quality. 
One planter, at least, has, I hear, decided to 
try a shipment of green tea to New York, 
but, unless he is supported by his brother 
planters as he deserves to be, he is sure to 
have an uphill fight in the 1st place. An indivi- 
dual planter could not put a sufficient quantity 
of tea in the market to draw and fix the atten- 
tion of the trade, nor can he afford to push his 
teas by means of paid agencies, ad vertising and 
giving away of free samples. 
If others do not care to join in the fight, by 
manufacturing a sufficient quantity of green tea to 
keep the pot boiling, the least they can do in my 
opinion is to render assistance by means of the 
Ceylon tea fund. In bringing these teas promi- 
nently before the American public, the Indian 
planter would also do well to send a certain amount 
of green tea only. In dealing with an enlightened 
people, they might dispense with the use of soap- 
stone, though (judging by the China samples above 
alluded to) the Americans do not appear to object 
to a little colouring matter. — Yours truly, 
GUNPOWDER. 
PATANA FLOWERS AND THE SUPPOSED 
STICK INSECT. 
Dear Sib, — I always read " On the Hills" with 
pleasure : the description of scenery and little re- 
marks on natural history, animate and inanimate, 
must be welcome to many readers. I noted the 
account of the violet with saggitate leaves and 
the beautiful daffodil-like ground orchid, both 
great favourites of mine, and have had them for 
years in my garden, but I find neither of them 
likes shade or rich soil, and they are gradually dying 
out. The orchid seems to do best in a few 
inches of poor patana soil on a slab rock, so would 
grow in a pot. I have had three blossoms on one 
stalk, but rarely. It is a common plant in many 
places on the higher Uva Patanas, its scents always 
reminds me of the primrose. These flowers will 
keep fresh in a jar of water for about three weeks. 
The violet is quite a weed in places in Haputale, and 
is generally found growing freely on the soil thrown 
out of the drains cut between the patenas and 
cultivated ground. I think the supposed stick-insect 
referred to will prove to be a caterpillar, as I have 
met with many of the latter well agreeing with the 
description given, and I know of no species of stick- 
insect which can spin a web. The last caterpillar 
of the kind I met with was being captured by a 
mason-wasp ; the first sting paralysed it, and it then 
deliberately stung it in every joint, and then carried 
it off to its nest. KOSLANDE. 
[Thanks for the interesting information 
about the patana flowers. Our " stick-insect " 
proved on final examination to be a veritable bit of 
twig, one end of which was inhabited by a creature 
capable of emitting a spider-like thread. The 
creature was active when originally caught, but after 
a night in a tumbler all signs of life had so utterly 
disappeared that friends were sceptical of any having 
been ever connected with the stick. But we could 
not possibly be mistaken : we saw a head protruding 
and hauling its body and the stick up by the thread. 
- Ed.1 
THE JAVA CINCHONA ENTERPRISE. 
Deae Sir, — I have been reading with interest the 
accounts of the extent of the Java cinchona enter- 
prise, and the probable outturn from the bark 
during the next few years. The estimates are 
sufficiently alarming to one who still has a small 
interest in the article. It is, however, with sur- 
prise that I have waited for the views of someone 
more largely interested, commenting upon the state- 
