3 o$ C H A R R. Class IV. 



Varieties. On the clofeft examination, we could not dis- 

 cover any fpecific differences in thefe fpecimens, 

 therefore mud defcribe them as the fame fifh, fub- 

 ject only to a flight variation in their form, here- 

 after to be noted. But there is in another refpect 

 an eflential difference, we mean in their ceconomy, 

 which is in all beings invariable -, the particulars 

 we fhall deliver in the very words of our obliging 

 informant. 



df the case The Umbla minor, or cafe charr, fpawns about 

 charr. Michaelmas, and chiefly in the river Brathy, which 

 uniting with another called the Rowthay, about a 

 quarter of a mile above the lake, they both fall 

 into it together. The Brathy has a black rocky 

 bottom j the bottom of the Rowthay is a bright 

 fand, and into this the charr are never obferved' 

 to enter. Some of them however fpawn in the lake, 

 but always in fuch parts of it which are ftony, and 

 refemble the channel of the Bralhy. They are fup- 

 pofed to be in the higheft perfection about May, 

 and continue fo all the fummer, yet are rarely 

 caught after April. When they are fpawning in 

 the river they will take a bait, but at no other 

 time, being commonly taken, as well as the other 

 fpecies, in what they call hreafi nets, which are in 

 length about twenty-four fathoms, and about five, 

 where broaden:. 

 Gilt The feafon which the other fpecies fpawns in is 



from the beginning of January to the end of 

 March. They are never known to afcend the 



rivers, 



