Chap. 18. Of the C H A R, iic. i^\ 



Jhire, and as it runs toward Chefter^ it pafTes 

 through the faid Pemhle Mere, which is 

 a large Water: And it is obferved, thattho* 

 the River Dee abounds -with Salmon^ and Pem- 

 hle Mere with the Guiniad^ yet there is never 

 any Salmon caught in the Mere, nor any Gut- 

 mad in the River. 



It is obferved of Wtmnder Mere, where 

 tht Char are found, that in the deeped Parts, 

 none of the Lines or Nets which Anglers com- 

 monly ufe, can reach the Bottom of it : Some 

 fay that this Fifli is found alfo in Coningfton 

 Mere, which is not fat* from the other ; but 

 then it is fuppofed that they are carried thither 

 from Winander Mere, perhaps through both 

 of their refpedlive Rivers, which enter the Sea 

 at one Mouth. This is not improbable, fince 

 though the Char never (lays, fo as to be taken, 

 out of Standing Water, he may eafily bear 

 with fuch a Voyage, out of what mayjuftly 

 enough be called his proper Element. Dr. 

 heigh fays, the Char in Coningfton Mere are 

 better than thofe in Winander Mere ; but there 

 are Reafons to think that he was prejudiced in 

 this Article. 



There is a Pool in Caernarvon/hire, called 

 Limperis-Pool^ which breeds a peculiar Kind 

 ofFijfh, to be feen no where el fe, called by 

 the Inhabitants a 'Tor-coch. I meet wirh no 

 other Defcription of him, but that his Belly is 

 reddifh. And about Fornhy in LancaJLire, 

 there are little Filhes caught "in a black Water 

 under the Turfs. 



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