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from all other species of Salmo by inflated belly, short, 

 white, obtuse snout and small eyes. Length, twelve inches 

 and upwards. Is captured in the winter time on hooks. 



5. The S. carbonarius, Nilss. (Kullmund, Norw.) is 

 found in several of the lakes in the wooded regions of 

 western Norway ; lives like the S. ventricosus, in the 

 depths, and never voluntarily ascends to the surface, not 

 even in the spawning season. In colour this fish very much 

 resembles the S. ventricosus, but differs in the shape of the 

 body, which is not inflated, &c. The flesh is white, soft, 

 and little valued. Is captured during the summer on hooks 

 baited with living frogs. 



6. The S. rutilus, Nilss., is found also in western Norway, 

 but distinct from the species named. Length, twelve inches. 



But the charr, whether a single species or several, is, 

 I apprehend, more generally distributed throughout Scan- 

 dinavia than Swedish naturalists seem to imagine. In the 

 lake Ullen, in Wermeland, near to which I at one time 

 resided, it was abundant ; and this being the case, it is 

 probably found in many other districts. As with us in 

 England, however, the charr is doubtlessly a very local 

 fish. Laestadius tells us, indeed, " that although plentiful in 

 Horn-Afvan " (an extensive lake in Pitea Lapmark) , " and 

 this even at its eastern extremity, it is not found, never- 

 theless, in Kakel " (either forming a part of the same lake, 

 or immediately contiguous to it), " and never descends the 

 stream to Udjaur." 



The Smelt (Slom ; Nors, Sw. ; Osmerus Eperlanus, 

 Flem.) was very plentiful in my vicinity, as well in the Gotha 

 as the Wenern. It is said not to be found in Scania ; but 

 in most of the larger lakes and rivers of the more midland 



