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draught contained about 1,400 fish and filled a 

 cart. 



That the gwyniad of Ullswater and Haweswater 

 is the gwyniad proper I have no doubt, having care- 

 fully examined several specimens ; but its identity 

 was confirmed by one of the first authorities in the 

 country. I mention this because the late Frank 

 Buckland makes the following statement, which 

 from its vagueness, seems to leave the identity of 

 this fish in doubt : " The gwyniad is not found in 

 Windermere, or any fish at all resembling it. There 

 is a fish found in Ullswater and its tributaries, 

 known by the name of skelly, which bears a con- 

 siderable resemblance. His skin is almost of a 

 pearly whiteness." I believe Buckland to be in 

 error in his reference to the " skelly " occurring in 

 the tributaries of Ullswater. The chub occurs in 

 some of them, and on account of its scales it is in- 

 variably called " skelly " by the natives. As Buck- 

 land, usually such an accurate observer, did not 

 see the fish, the confusion of local names doubtless 

 misled him. 



THE CHAR (Salmo Willughbit) 

 (See Chapter XV) 



THE SWISS CHAR (Salmo Alpinus) 

 "At my suggestion, my friend, Mr. Fell, chair- 

 man of the Kent district, fitted up an admirable 

 nursery for young fish close under his drawing- 

 room windows. I sent him up some young Swiss 

 char, which became quite tame and thrived ad- 

 mirably." British Fishes, by Frank Buckland. 



