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called here the *' nors," which rarely exceeds four inches in length j 

 and a larger one, the "slom," about eight inches. The slom ii 

 precisely the British smelt, and although many consider the nors a 

 distinct species, in my opinion it is clearly nothing more than the 

 young of the slom. I certainly once did hear of a smelt being 

 caught out in deep Wenern in summer, but this was quoted as a 

 very rare occurrence. 



I have known the grayling (5. Tin/ w alius, L.) to be caught in 

 the Clar close to Carktad, but I do not believe they ever come 

 into the lake itself. 



Respecting the ditferent species of gwynniad {Coregoni), or, as 

 they are called here the sik, nearly as much confusion exists as in 

 the genus Salmo. This is not, however, the place to enter into a 

 piscatorial controversy. Suffice it to say, that the gwynniad, be 

 there three or only one species, is one of the commonest fishes, and 

 they are taken by thousands in many of the bays round the Wenern 

 during tlieir spawning season in the autumn. It is the opinion of 

 our best ichthyologists that there are three distinct species of 

 gwynniad in this lake, and strange to say it does not appear to be 

 at all clear tliat any of them is identical with any one of the 

 British species. The gwynniad is in my opinion a capital eating 

 fishj especially a fat smoked gwynniad ; but they afford (here at 

 least) little sport to the angler, being altogether taken in nets. I 

 never but once heard of a gwynniad taking a bait, and this was a 

 small fish on a night line in the We-nern. They run to a large size 

 in the Wenern, six to ten pounds being not uncommon. 



The vendace {C. Albula, L.) or, as they are called here, the sik 

 loya, is also very common in the Wenern. They, however, run to 

 no large size, the largest I have seen rarely exceeding seven inche-i 

 in length. Like the rest of the family, they spawn in autumn, and 

 are justly considered with us to be capital eating. I have seen them 

 exposed for sale in Carlstad market from the beginning of October 

 to the end of January. Like the smelt, the Wenern fishermen con- 

 sider that there are two distinct species of vendace. The smaller fish, 

 tvhich rarely exceeds three inches, they call the " dattor." These 



