/ 4 THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 



and if properly potted, the char of our northern 

 lakes is not to be preferred, as a delicate mor9eau 

 for the palate of an epicure. 



THE GRAYLING OR UMBER, 



Like the trout, delights in the streams of moun- 

 tainous countries, but is by no means common 

 to all rivers which produce the latter ; and it is 

 rather remarkable that it is not to be met with 

 either in Scotland or Ireland. The rivers in 

 Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Shropshire and Stafford- 

 shire, and the Dee, which runs through a con- 

 siderable portion of North Wales, will, how- 

 ever, furnish them in sufficient numbers for the 

 angler's amusement. They are also to be met 

 with in the Severn, the Ure, the Usk, the Hodder, 

 and some streams in Wiltshire, Herefordshire, 

 and Hampshire. In France and Switzerland 

 they are found in moderate quantities, and are 

 greatly esteemed. 



The title of grayling appears to have been 



