262 FISH OF DERWENTWATER. 



kind. As to your second inquiry, the fish of 

 Derwentwater, they are of several kinds, 

 trout, pike, perch, eel, vendace, minnow, thorn- 

 back. Is not this an ample list ? I was about 

 to add, salmon and sea-trout; but I remembered 

 that these are now become so rare as not to de- 

 serve being mentioned, the capture of one or the 

 other having become the merest accident. The 

 same remark applies to the capture of the 

 vendace ; not because it is so rare, but because 

 it is contrary to the habits of this fish to take 

 the fly, or any of the baits commonly used here 

 in angling. I have heard of one instance only 

 of its having been taken with the artificial 

 fly, and that by an old fisherman of long ex- 

 perience, and likewise of one only of its having 

 been captured with the worm. The fish on 

 which the angler must chiefly depend for sport, 

 is the trout, and next to the trout, the pike 

 and perch. The trout is pretty abundant, 

 especially since more care has been taken of 

 the fishing, through the meritorious exertions of 

 an angling association, and since the use of the 

 base lath or otter has been prohibited. 



AMICUS. I am surprised to hear you say 

 that the vendace is found here, and moreover, 

 that it is not rare. I had always supposed 



