To Anglers.

His fate's foretold who fondly places
His bliss in woman's soft embraces,
All pleasures but the Angler's bring
I' the end repentance like a sting.—Weaver.

ny work on New Zealand would be incomplete without some reference to that most delightful of sports—angling. Tourists who believe, with quaint old Izaak Walton, that "this pleasant curiosity of fish and fishing has been thought worthy the pens and practices of divers in other nations, that have been reputed men of great learning and wisdom," will be gratified to find that New Zealand is beyond doubt the finest angling country in the Southern Hemisphere. To the field sportsman, who is fond of coursing, or who delights in his dog and gun, the plains and forests of this colony afford very extended scope for the pursuit of his favourite pastimes. Hares, rabbits, pheasants, and partridges are very numerous, and those who take pleasure in the more exciting sport of pig-hunting, can enjoy themselves on the hills and in the gorges of the sparsely-inhabited districts. But it is to the angler that New Zealand affords special inducements for recreation. Its creeks and rivers are literally teeming with fish, and its various acclimatisation societies have succeeded in bringing salmon and trout hatching to very great perfection. Gentlemen who have had extensive experience in angling all over Great Britain and Ireland, have assured us that trout and salmon are more prolific here than they are in Scotland, that country so famed for its fishing grounds. The trout-fishing season begins on the 1st October, and ends on the 31st March, and a license is obtainable for a trifling fee.