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jaw unnaturally abbreviated, are not uncom- 

 mon ; they exist in some lakes in, Wales, and 

 Loch-dow, Inverness-shire. They are merely 

 instances of hereditary malformation. 



In some of the lakes of Scotland, Cum- 

 berland, and Ireland, as Loch-awe, UUswater, 

 Lough Neagh, etc., a large species of trout, 

 called the great grey trout, pr the great lake 

 trout, has been long known to exist. This 

 species is extremely savage and voracious, feed- 

 ing principally upon other fishes, among which 

 the small common trout must be enumerated. 

 We have had an opportunity of seeing speci- 

 mens nearly a yard in length. Young fish of 

 this species will rise at an angler's %, but the 

 larger ones can only be taken by trolling in a 

 boat, the bait a small trout, and the tackle ex- 

 tremely strong. The flesh is indifferent, and of 

 an orange yellow. 



The lakes of Cumberland, Westmoreland, 

 and Lancashire, some of the Scotch and Irish 

 lakes, and the lake of Geneva, afford a delicately 

 flavoured fish, known as the char, charr, or 

 alpine charr, (Salmo umbla;) the potted flesh 

 of which, though often mixed with that of 

 trout, is sent to London. 



The charr averages from nine to fourteen 

 inches in length ; it is very shy, and does not 



