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be used with advantage. In autumn, however, as 

 might be expected, the shoal leaves its impenetrable 

 haunts, and visits the rivers and shallows in order to 

 deposit its spawn. 



The next of the rarer species of Scottish fish, upon 

 which we are briefly treating, is the vendace of Loch- 

 maben, a full account of which is given by Sir W. 

 Jardine, in one of the numbers of the Edinburgh Phi- 

 losophical Journal, edited by the late Mr Cheek. 



THE VENDACE. 



This beautiful, delicate, and singular specimen of the 

 genus Coregonus, salmo marenula, is entirely confined, 

 in Great Britain, to one of the small lakes in the pa- 

 rish of Lochmaben, near Dumfries, although supposed 

 by some to inhabit Switzerland, Silesia, and other parts 

 of the Continent. It measures generally from four to 

 ten inches, and resembles the herring in its appearance, 

 being green on the back, and covered below with sil- 

 ver scales. The forehead of the vendace is very pel- 

 lucid, and bears upon it the shape of a human heart. 

 This fish is, in fact, remarkably transparent through- 

 out ; so much so, that one may detect the bones when 

 holding it up before the sun. 



The vendace swims about in shoals, and is much 



