THE RED CHARR. 79 



river Dee (says this author) which runs by Ches- 

 ter,, springs in Merionethshire, and it runs to- 

 wards Chester ; it passes through the said Penible- 

 Meie, which is a large water, and it is observed, 

 that though the river Dee abounds with salmon,. 

 and Pemble-Mere with guinmad, yet there are 

 never any salmons caught ia the Alere, nor any 

 guinniads in the river." . 



UMBRA MINOR GES.V THE RED CHARR, OR 

 WELCH TORGOCU. 



The red charr is a fish whose make is longer 

 a,nd more slender than that of a trout, for one 

 of about eight inches long was- no more than an 

 inch and a half broad. The back is of a greenish 

 olive, spotted with white. The belly, about the 

 breadth of half an inch, is painted with red, ia 

 some of a more lively, in others of a paler colour^ 

 fend in some, especially the female, it is quite 

 white. The, scales are small, and the lateral lines 

 straight. The mouth is wide, the jaws pretty 

 equal, except the lower, which is a little sharp- 

 er and more protuberant than the upper. The 

 lower part of the fins are of a- vermilion dye 

 The gills are quadruple, and it has teeth both in 

 the jaws and on the tongue ; in the upper jaw 

 there is a double row of them*. The swimming- 

 "bladder is like that of a trout ; the liver is not 

 divided into lobes ; the gall-bladder is large ; the 

 heart triangular;- the spleen small and blackish ; 

 and the eggs of the spawn large and round. The 

 flesh is more soft and tender than that of a trout, 

 and when, boiled can scarcely be allowed to be- 

 red it is in: the highest esteem where known, 

 and in Wales is accounted the chief dish at the? 

 tables of people of fashion. 



