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In my opinion it is not advisable to preserve Salmo ferox 

 or any of the non-migratory trout along with salmon. 

 I remain, 



Yours truly, 



A. GUNTHER. 

 F. M. T. Jones, Esqre. 



I think it may fairly be inferred from the above 

 correspondence that the gentlemen subscribing to 

 it are of the opinion that the great lake trout is 

 a distinct species, having specific characteristics 

 both in structure and habits. As already stated, 

 my own opinion is that this fish is nothing more 

 than a variety of the common brown trout. I 

 have carefully examined a considerable number of 

 big trout taken from Windermere some of which 

 were stoutly averred to be Salmo ferox but have 

 never been able to detect any specific difference. 

 Several writers mention the " rich lake colour " of 

 the fish as distinctive but this is peculiar to almost 

 every large trout taken from Windermere. It may 

 be replied that both Buckland and Dr. Giinther call 

 this fish the great lake trout, which is true, but 

 the latter the first living authority on fishes 

 significantly adds " if it is a species? 



THE VENDACE (Coregonus vandesius) 



The vendace is the rarest of the fish found in the 

 Lake District and outside it is said to occur in 

 Great Britain in Lochmaben (Dumfriesshire) only. 

 I have seen vendace taken from Windermere, Der- 

 wentwater, Bassenthwaite Lake, and from the river 

 Greta but not more than half a dozen specimens 

 in all. Housman, in Hutchinson's History of 

 Cumberland, states that there are vendesses in 



