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probably, on this account, are found to inhabit deep water at 

 certain times of the year. It is a well known fact, that one variety 

 of char found in Windermere spawns in the river that feeds the 

 lake. The fish migrate up this stream as the spawning time 

 approaches. A short distance above the lake it forks, and the 

 char invariably go up one fork only, and avoid the other. It is 

 quite likely that temperature has something to do with this. Be 

 it as it may, the char is a good fish, and its life history is well 

 worth studying, with a view to its further development. 



An idea seems to prevail amongst ichthyologists and others 

 that these fish cannot live in the sea. I once kept one in sea 

 water for twenty-one days, and it seemed all the better for it. 

 The fish had got a little fungus (Saprolegnia) on the dorsal fin, 

 and was put into a tank of sea water, to be taken out in a short 

 time again. The man in charge of the work was suddenly called 

 away, and the fish was overlooked for several hours, when I found 

 it apparently quite happy in a corner of the tank. Seeing this, I 

 allowed it to remain, but kept an eye on it, in case it became 

 distressed ; but nothing of the kind took place, and at the end of 

 the twenty-first day it was taken out and returned to its pond, 

 alive and well. 



It is a question whether the introduction of a Coregomis 

 (white fish) into some of the larger lakes might be advantageous. 

 Where they are suited by their surroundings, some species are 

 very prolific, and once introduced would soon multiply. These 

 fish are known to occur in such numbers, in some lakes, as to 

 form a very profitable source of income to those engaged in 

 fishing for them. I am not yet prepared to say how far their 

 introduction into such lakes as Windermere would be desirable ; 

 but the matter is well worth investigation. I have eaten them 

 both in Europe and America, and have found them excellent. 

 The cultivation of lake bottoms is a matter to which no attention 

 has been paid, but it will be apparent to anyone that it must have 

 a considerable bearing on the future welfare, or condition of our 

 lake fisheries. There is a field for investigation here, in which 

 there is room for a large number of workers a piece of almost 

 untrodden ground in fact. 



In some of the waters of the district we find, on examination, 



