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been ascertained likewise to exist in Lough Corrib 

 and Lough Erne — thus inhabiting three of tlie 

 largest lakes in Ireland, and it no doubt may be 

 found in others. To mention the localities in Scot- 

 land would be to enumerate the principal lochs of 

 the kinpdom. It has been so often found in Loch- 

 Awe that it frequently gets the name of the Great 

 Lake Trout of Loch- A we. It seems to occur in 

 Orkney also, and in Ulswater in Cumberland. The 

 process of spawning has been observed in Loch- 

 Awe : it takes place in the autumn, on the shelving 

 banks of the lake where the waters find an outlet 

 forming the River Awe. 



This great lucustrine trout attains a weight of 

 from ten to twenty-five pounds. The best modes 

 of fishing for it will be found described in Col- 

 quhoun's Moor and Loch, and in the article Angling 

 formerly referred to. 



(Sp. J 30.) S. savelinus. The Charr. Like all 

 the other Salmones permanently resident in our 

 fresh waters, this pretty and finely flavoured fish 

 is liable to great variation, and this has rendered its 

 synonomy and history somewhat confused. It was 

 for a time supposed that the Welsh Charr (the Tor- 

 goch, or red belly) was distinct from the Charr of 

 the Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Scottish lakes, 

 and they have actually been described as separate 

 species by Mr. Jenyns. * Mr. Yarrell, too, at one 

 time favoured this view, but a more careful exa- 

 mination has led him to the opinion that all are 

 * Manual of British Vertebrate Animals* p. 427. 



