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are tlie fish in Locli Leven most carefully protected, but 

 large numbers are bred artificially and turned down by 

 Sir James Eamsay Maitland, of Craigend, Stirling, who 

 in October, 1879, had 12,000 of these fish in ponds to be 

 turned out when the proper time arrived. These w^ere 

 hatched in 187o-G-7, and weighed from half-a-pound to 

 five pounds. 



CHARR. 



Public attention having been called to the great 

 destruction of a valuable indigenous fish which has been 

 going on fi'om time immemoriable in the Lake district, 

 namely, the Charr. In February, 1878, my colleague, 

 Mr. Walpole, and myself were instructed by the Home 

 Secretary to institute an inquiry into the whole matter, 

 and in that year we presented to Parliament our Pieport 

 on the English Lake district. '■' 



As our report has probably not been generally 

 accessible, I now give an abstract of the valuable evi- 

 dence which was given to us. S. H. Jackson, Esq., 

 the clerk to the Eden Board of Conservators, stated — 



" The area of the English lakes is 35,420 acres. The 

 lake district may be said to be bounded by the Lanca- 

 shire and Carlisle Railway from Carnforth to Penrith ; 

 by the high road from Penrith to Workington ; by the 

 Derwent from Workington to the sea ; and by the sea 

 shore from the mouth of the Derwent to Carnforth. 



'* The produce of these lakes, excepting Windermere, 

 is small, both as to food and sport. ^ 



" Windermere is very productive, but very hard 

 netted, and the fish are decreasing in size. 



'' In Couiston the fish have been poisoned by mines. 



* Eyre and Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen (e. 2004). 

 Price 2d. 1878. 



