THE TALE OF THE FISHES 



attains a weight of 20 lbs. A specimen was taken in 

 Lake Sunapee in the spring of 1910 from a plant of 

 fingerlings made by the author in 1897 that weighed 

 1 4 lbs. Large brown trout are voracious scourges, and 

 for this reason the popular immigrant should not be 

 planted in waters inhabited by the fontinalis unless the 

 risk of thereby exterminating the latter fish is under- 

 standingly accepted. 



This is a digression ; but now that we are in Europe, 

 mention may be made of a few British charrs, among 

 them the famous Windermere Charr of the Lake Dis- 

 trict in England, which runs about a half-pound in 

 weight. The white margins of the fins resemble those 

 of the Sunapee saibling. 



Nearly related to it are the Enniskillin or Cole's 

 Charr of Lough Eske, one of the smallest of the British 

 species never exceeding a length of 6 to 8 inches 

 (A 12) ; and Gray's Charr, the so-called fresh water 

 herring of Lough Melvin, Ireland (A 12), both in- 

 habitants of the depths (all charrs love cold water), 

 and coming into the shallows during October and 

 November in obedience to their spawning instincts. 



TheTorgoch (red belly) or Welsh Charr (A 12) 



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