CHAPTER XV. 

 THE CHAR CHAR FISHING. 



THE CHAR 



ALTHOUGH the species of British char are some- 

 what obscure, it is now clearly established that that 

 occurring in the English Lake District is Salmo 

 Willughbii. Of the other British species the 

 one which bears the greatest resemblance to 

 the Windermere char is the Welsh char, Salmo 

 perisii. 



It need hardly be stated that Salmo Willughbii 

 is not confined to Windermere, but occurs in 

 Coniston, Crummock, Ennerdale Lake, Hawes- 

 water, Buttermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater ; as 

 well as in Gaits Water and Seathwaite Tarn. 

 A careful examination of fish from the lakes and 

 tarns enumerated above reveals no specific differ- 

 ence, all -belonging to 5. Willughbii. 



Dr. Giinther, who has paid special attention to 

 the British chars, gives the following specific 

 description of the Windermere char : 



"Body compressed, slightly elevated, its greatest depth 

 being one-fourth of the distance of the snout from the end of 

 the middle caudal rays. Head compressed, interorbital space' 1 



1 The two most important points in which this species 

 differs structurally from the allied Welsh species I print in 

 italics. 



