To the Editor of the "Norta-Cutna Dairy News."
3—There are a certain number of enthusiasts in Sharghai who, in spite of repeated disappointments, still hope that somewhere amongst the many waterways and ponds that surround Shanghai is 10; be found the unsophisticated fish willing to rise to a fly and of a sufficient size and strength to make the catching of him worth while. What matter if he is a dace or not? the sport's the thing!
At home we divide fish into two classes—"game" fish, such salmon, sea trout, trout and char, and "coarse" fish—which, are "the rest!" And it is a curious fact that winest of the species of coarse fish found in English waters are duplicated in uth China. For instance, the writer, fishing with fly in the New Territories district of Hongkong has taken:—of the cyprinid family—Leuciscus Vulgaris (the common dace); Leuciscus erythrophthalmus (rudd); and Cyprinus carpio (carp); also cottus Gobio (Miller's thumb); Perea (rerch); and, what we may call the "local fish," which abound also in waters round Shanghai, and about which so little is known.
The writer has also seen an unmistakable tench caught by snake and dropped on the bank.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.