8() B ST's ART OF ANGLING. 



The chief place in England where this fish is 

 taken is Winander-Mere : but in Wates they are 

 to be had in five different places, viz. Llamber- 

 ris, LUa- Umber, Festiniog, and Belt us, in Caer- 

 narvonshire, and near Casageddor, in Merioneth- 

 shire. In this last county they are smaller than 

 in the former, and are taken in October ; but in 

 Carnarvonshire, in one of the lakes, they are 

 caught in November; in another in December, 

 and in the third in January, and when the fishing 

 in one ends, it begins in another. Dr. Leigh 

 says the Charr, in Consington-Mere, which is 

 not far from Winafidgr-Mere, are much better, 

 but there are reasons to suppose he was preju- 

 diced in this article. According to Camden, the 

 latter Mere is the largest standing water in this 

 kingdom, being ten miles in length ; and some 

 say it is as smooth at the bottom as if it was 

 paved with polished marble. They swim to- 

 gether in shoals, and though they appear on the 

 surface of the water in the summer-time, yet 

 they will not suffer themselves to be taken, 

 either with the angle, or with nets ; therefore 

 the only season for fishing is when they resort to 

 the shallow parts of the lakes to spawn : at these 

 times they set trammel nets, baited, and leave 

 them for whole days and nights, into which the 

 fish enter of their own accord. 



*C4RP10 LACUS BENACI THE GUILT, OR 

 GILT CHARR. 



The Latin writers called the Gilt Char, Car- 

 fio lacus Benaci, because they imagined it was 



The inhabitants of Westmoreland distinguish the charrs 

 into different kinds according to tbu colours 5 bur they appear 

 ic be rather varieties, 



