4^ Sweden, 



to a large size, from ten to eighteen pounds, are tolerably good for 

 the table, and appear, unlike the rest of this genus, to prefer animal 

 to vegetable food. 



The miller's thumb {Cottus Gollo, L.) is common in the Wenern, 

 and I have seen specimens of the horned bull-head (C. quadricornis , 

 L.), taken in the Lake Wettern. 



I believe the lampern (Petromyzon JiuviatiUs , L.) is to be met 

 with in the Wenern, although I never saw a specimen ; but at 

 Fryksdalen, a few Swedish miles north, I found Planer's lampern 

 (P. Planeri, Bl.) as well as the pride (P. hro.nchialis, L.), common 

 in every small stream. 



Of the sticklebacks {Gasterostei) we had the common three- 

 spined in all its varieties, as well as theten-spined (G. pungitius, L.). 

 I have still my doubt whether our common stickleback is exactly 

 identical with the common British stickleback j but, for fear of 

 seeking a mare's nest, I shall give no opinion. 



I never, to my knowledge, met with the common loach {CoUt'is 

 larlatula, L.) anywhere in the Swedish waters j but the spined 

 loach (C. tcenia, L.) is very common in many parts of the Wenern. 



The little minnow {Cyprimis Phoxinus, L.) completes my list. 

 Strange to say, I never myself took this fish in the Wenern itself, 

 although I am told that it is met with there ; but a few miles north, 

 in every water where tlie common trout is taken, I have met with 

 them in shoals, and certainly the largest I ever saw in my life. 



The above list, which, from rhy own experience, I believe to be 

 strictly correct as far as regards the Lake Wenern, will also give a 

 very fair idea of the ichthyology of the middle of Sweden. It will, 

 I trust, prove as interesting to the an^^ler as to the naturalist j giving 

 him some idea as to what sport he is likely to obtain in these waters. 

 For salmon-fishing, doubtless the Norwegian streams beat any waters 

 we have in Sweden by long chalks -, but salmon-fishing in Norway 

 nas lately become such a fashion, that if, as we are told, all the good 

 waters are rented by rich Englishmen, a poor wanderer like myself 

 would have r o more chance of wetting a line in the Namsen than 

 of fishing the best salmon streams of Scotland. But of this, more 



