182 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



in a mere called Winander-mere ; a mere, says Camden, that is 

 the largest in this nation, being ten miles in length, and some say, 

 as smooth in the bottom as if it were paved with polished marble. 

 This fish never exceeds fifteen or sixteen inches in length, and it 

 is spotted like a trout, and has scarce a bone but on the back : 

 but this, though I do not know whether it make the angler sport, 

 yet I would have you take notice of it, because it is a rarity, 

 and of so high esteem with persons of great note. 



Nor would I have you ignorant of a rare fish called a guiniad,'* 

 of which I shall tell you what Camden and others speak. The 

 river Dee, which runs by Chester, springs in Merionethshire ; 

 and, as it runs towards Chester, it runs through Pemble-mere, 

 which is a large water : and it is observed, that though the river 

 Dee abounds with salmon, and the Pemble-mere with the guiniad, 

 yet there is never any salmon caught in the mere, nor a guiniad 

 in the river. And now my next observation shall be of the 

 barbel. 



mon size of the charr is about twelve inches, but it sometimes attains the 



length of two feet. — Atn. Ed 



I I ■ r— V i.'v viiiiiii i.'^fii iiii — vr~iiii'^ w,itwr^fttra t *.j\ iiiiii i*^ i.iiiii.— 



The gwyniad is of the genus Coregonus, and is thought to be the same 

 with Coregonus Fera of the Lake of Geneva. Its analogues in our waters 

 are the exquisite white fish of the lakes, and the delicious Otsego bass. 



The gwyniad is called whiting in some parts of Ireland, and sewin in 

 Scotland. The statement that the salmon is never taken in Pemble-mere, 

 and the gwyniad never in the river. Sir Harris Nicholas states, upon good 

 authority to be erroneous. — Am. Ed. 



