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only to be met with in that partieular lake, 

 where it is called lioetel \ but it has since ap- 

 ]»eare(l to be the same fish with our gilt 

 chair, which is bred in fVhiau(Ier-'Mc?e,-^m liie 

 county oF Westmoreland. It is proportionably 

 broader than the trout, and the belly is more 

 y>rominent; but its length, when greatest, never 

 exceeds twelve inches : the scales are small, the 

 color of the back is more lively than that of the 

 trout, and is beautified with black spots, the 

 belly and sides, beneath the lateral line, are of a 

 bright silver color; the skull is transparent, and 

 the snout blueish : it has teeth ii: the lower jaw, 

 6n the palate and the tongue; the swimniing- 

 bladderis extended the wholelengih of the back, 

 and the call-bladder is larcfe. The flesh of the 

 gilt charr is red, and is accounted so very deli- 

 cious amongst the Italians, that they say it 

 excels all other pond and sea-fish whatever; and 

 they esteem the nature of it so wholesome, that 

 they allow sick persons to eat it. 



Some have doubted whether the Welch and 

 English fish, are of the same kind or not; but 

 Mr. Rrji/ thinks there is no room to make a 

 doubt of it. The Welch name Torgoch, signifies 

 a red belly, which distinguishes the Red Charr 

 properly enough; the Gilt Charr is, indeed, 

 quite a different species, and is about twice as 

 small as the red : the belly of the former is red, 

 the flesh while, and the spots on the back white 

 likewise; whereas tlie belly of tiie latter is of a 

 silver color, the flesh red, and tlie back is spotted 

 with black. 



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The charr and guinniad never change their shires, 

 " But live in Winauder and Pemlic-Meers." 



