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some of the tarns. A special interest attaches to 

 them, owing to their being nest-builders. They are 

 comparatively unimportant from a fishery stand- 

 point, but are fed upon by most of the larger 

 kinds of fish. Trout, char, and perch certainly 

 feed upon them. Sticklebacks are extremely abun- 

 dant on the margin of Windermere, and when the 

 mesh of the trout and char nets were much less 

 than at present, large shoals used to be brought to 

 the surface. 



