36 ART OF ANGLING. 



THE ALPINE TBOUT, or GILT CHAEE, 



abounds in the lakes of Ulswater and Winander- 

 mere, in "Westmoreland, and in the lakes of Llyn 

 Quellyn, near the foot of Snowdon, in North "Wales ; 

 it is in length about twelve inches; its colour 

 silvery, with the back strongly tinged with olive- 

 green, and the sides thickly freckled with very 

 minute bright-red and blackish specks ; its head 

 very large, and scales very small : on the whole it is 

 similar to the common Trout, only rather broader. 

 Those which inhabit the clearest and coldest waters 

 are observed to be of the richest colours. It is a 

 fish of great delicacy of flavour, and much esteemed 

 as food. 



The Alpine Trout may be successfully angled for 

 with any of the Trout baits, but more particularly 

 with the fly. 



THE G-WINIAD inhabits the same lakes as 

 the Alpine Trout, and is to be found in some of the 

 northern rivers ; it resembles the common Trout in 

 shape, but is thicker in proportion; its length is 

 from ten to twelve inches ; the head is small and 

 very taper in front, the upper lip extending con- 

 siderably beyond the lower, so that the mouth, 

 which is small, appears placed beneath ; the general 

 colour of it is a silvery grey, with a dusky tinge on 



