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feed here, I apprehend, being less abundant, 

 and inferior. The Crummock trout rarely 

 much exceeds half a pound, and seldom, or 

 ever, cuts red when dressed ;* when best, its 

 flesh, if I may so call the muscle of a fish, 

 is cream-coloured. 



AMICUS. What other fish are found in this 

 lake? From its depth and the clearness of 

 its water, I infer there are charr. 



PISCATOR. You are right ; and besides 

 charr there are pike confined to one part 

 where the water is shallow and reedy ; and also 

 perch and eels, and occasionally sea-trout. The 

 charr, excepting when young and small, is 

 rarely if ever taken with the fly, and not often 

 with the minnow. 



AMICUS. Have the young charr the markings 

 of the parr and young trout ? 



PISCATOR. I cannot speak from my own 

 experience ; an acquaintance of mine who often 

 fishes here, and has frequently taken them, 

 has assured me that they are destitute of those 

 markings: but as those he took might have 

 lost the bars which characterise the early stage 

 of growth, I must consider the point unde- 

 termined. He called those he spoke of charr- 



