90 BRITISH FRESHWATER FISHES 



sold for 3s. 6d. per dozen, but thanks to the luxury 

 of the times are now raised to eight or nine 

 shillings.'' 



That potting Char is not a modern idea is shown 

 by Defoe, who in 1769 wrote of the Char-fish of 

 Winander Mere : " It is a curious fish, and, as a 

 dainty, is potted and sent far and near by way of 

 present." In the seventeenth century Char-pies seem 

 to have been a favourite luxury, and the price of Char 

 was only 3s. a dozen, as appears from the account- 

 book of Sir Daniel Fleming of Rydal, which in- 

 cludes such items as: "Mar. 23, 1662; for the 

 carryage of a charr»pie unto my aunt Dudley at 

 London, at 2d. per lb., £0, 6s. od." and "June 29, 

 1665 ; for twelve charrs when Mr. Dugdale was 

 here ... 3s. od." ^ 



Our figure (PI. VIII, Fig. 2) is of an adult male 

 fish, nearly a foot long, from Crummock Water. 

 A young male from Windermere is also figured 

 (PI. IX, Fig. 2), and shows well the features 

 enumerated above as characteristic of immature 

 fish. 



As has already been stated, a number of the 

 Scottish lakes are inhabited by Char which cannot 

 be regarded as specifically distinct from those of 

 the Lake District, and these must be considered 

 next. 



In the south-west of Scotland there are three 

 lakes which contain Char, namely. Lochs Grannoch 

 and Dungeon in Kirkcudbrightshire and Loch 

 Doon in Ayrshire ; the statement that Char occur 



^ The quotation from Defoe and the items from P'leming's account- 

 book are taken from Macpherson's interesting account in the Fauna of 

 Lakeland. 



