124 BEITISH FISH AND FISHERIES. 



rise well at the fly, but is, nevertheless, some- 

 times taken by the trout-fisher ; it will bite at 

 the minnow more readily, and is often taken 

 in deep water by drawing the bait sunk by 

 means of a lead, two or three feet above the 

 minnow, after a boat. The lake is to the charr 

 what the sea is to the salmon ; on the approach 

 of the breeding season, they ascend the rivers 

 or feeders of the lakes, selecting those in pre- 

 ference which have a hard, stony, or rocky bed. 

 Hence the charr of Windermere, contrary to 

 the trout, choose the Brathy in preference to 

 the sandy-bedded Eothay ; and in November 

 and December the shoals make their ascent. 

 The flesh of the charr when in season (namely, 

 June and July) is beautifully flaky, and of a 

 fine orange tint. From unknown causes, charr, 

 even at the same season of the year, differ con- 

 siderably in colour, hence the terms of gilt 

 charr, red charr, silver charr, and case charr, 

 applied in reference to this diversity. Dorsal 

 fin, thirteen rays. 



Distinct from the northern charr, is a species 

 found in some of the lakes of Wales, and more 

 particularly in the deep Llyn Cawellyn, on the 

 side of Snowdon. It is the Welsh charr of Mr. 

 Yarrell, and the torgoch or red-belly of the 

 Welsh, (Salmo salvelinus, Donovan.) 



