LANDED BUT LOST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22563, 6 May 1935, Page 23

LANDED BUT LOST

A.D.C.'S FISHING TRIP } CATCH STOLEN BY BUSH CAT. i First experiences in sport in a new" country are always interesting, and those of Captain Heber-Percy, A.D.C. to Lord,, Galway, and one of an angling party; which investigated the ewirling rocky pools of the upper Ngatiawa Stream* Wellington, recently, were no exception.: He is a keen sportsman, particularly with rod or gun, and early in the day he landed two nice fish. Leaving thes«in the car, he set off to explore the Rei« korangi, which, like many of the forest 1 streams round Wellington, necessitates some climbing occasionally, to make de« tours round small gorges too deep to wade. '■ To his delight he landed a fine-condi-tioned trout well over the average size to be obtained in England, and, placing it in his net, commenced the strenuous return journey. Anyone who knows this locality will realise that one's attention must be centralised on stooping toavoid thick brush, crawling through supplejacks, and generally learning a little more about progression through the bush. To his disgust, when he emerged into the sunlight again, he found that the fish had dropped out of the net. Search on the back trail proving fruitless, tb* angler went back to the car. The windows of the car had unfortunately not been closed, and when a big glossy bush cat leaped out on his approach he feared the worst. It proved*; true. He could not take the fish home,, as all the edible portions had been taken by the cat, so in desperation he bought 81b of mushrooms from a. small boy, and did not go home empty-handed.