^^oThe BRITISH ANGLER.P.If. 



CHAP. XVIII. 



Of Local FiJheSy or thofe which are peculiar 

 to certain Waters, 



TH O' I have done with all our frejh 

 Water-FiJJj that are common to Anglers, 

 I might be thought inexcufable were I to omit 

 the Char and the Guiniad^ which, though they 

 can fall in the Way of very few Sportfmen, 

 have been mentioned and described by the beft 

 Authors who have writ on Angling. I call 

 them local Fijh^ becaufe they are never found 

 but in particular Standing Waters^ notwith- 

 ftanding that thofe Waters have a Commu- 

 nication with Rivers. 



The Charh found in Lancajhire^ in a Mere 

 called Winander-Mere \ which, according to 

 Canibden^ is the largeft Mere or fbanding Wa- 

 ter in this Nation, being ten Miles in Length. 

 Some fay it is as fmooth at the Bottom as if 

 it were paved with polifhed Marble. The 

 Char never exceeds fifteen or fixteen Inches in 

 Length. It is fpotted like a Jro///, and has 

 fcarce a Bone but on the Back. I do not 

 know whether it makes the Angler any great 

 Sport, but it is univerfally thought a very deli- 

 cate Fifh, and deferves to be taken notice of, 

 becaufe it is a Rarity, and of fo high Efteem. 



The Giiiniad^ according to the fame Camh- 

 den^ and others, is peculiar to Pemole-Mere in 

 CheJJjire. The River Dee^ fays this Author, 

 which runs by Chefter^ fprings in Merioneth- 



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