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Pemble Mere ; and it is a curious fact, that though 

 the Dee abounds with salmon, and the lake with a 

 much-esteemed fish called guiniad, yet no salmon are 

 taken in the lake, nor any guiniad in the river. A 

 description of this rare fish, and its habits, from an 

 old author, may not prove uninteresting. It is be- 

 lieved to be the Ferra of Rondelatius ; the Alhula 

 Salmonisimilis oi^i\\o\i^\ihY \ called by the Welsh, 

 from the whiteness of its body, guiniad, signifying 

 something like whiting in English. Its shape is not 

 much unlike that of a salmon ; length twelve or 

 thirteen inches ; back of a dusky colour, belly white ; 

 tlie scales of a middle size ; upper jaw a little longer 

 than the lower, the mouth like that of a herring. It 

 generally lies at the bottom, amongst water gladiol ; a 

 plant peculiar to these mountain lakes. It is in sea- 

 son in summer ; the flesh is white, the taste like that 

 of trout ; it is esteemed because it is a rarity. It is 

 also found in Lake Leman, near Geneva, among the 

 Alps. Another old author says, they are found in 

 the same lakes and waters as the gilt char ; also in 

 some northern rivers. They spawn in December, 

 previous to which they force themselves up the most 

 rapid streams, advancing in two ranges and forming 

 in front an acute angle, led by a single fish. This 

 author says their flesh is insipid, and must be eaten 

 as soon as caught ; same baits as for trout. From 



