BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



called roeiel; but it has since appeared to be the 

 same fish with our gilt charr, which is bred in 

 Winander-Meer, in the county of Westmore- 

 land. It is proportionably broader than the 

 trout, and the belly is more prominent; but its 

 length, when greatest, never exceeds twelve 

 inches : the scales are small, the colour of the 

 back is more lively than that of a trout, and is 

 beautified with black spots, the belly and sides, 

 beneath the lateral line, are of a bright silver 

 colour; the skull is transparent, and the snout 

 blueish : it has teeth in the lower jaw, on the 

 palate, and the tongue ; the swimming-bladder 

 is extended the whole length of the back, and 

 the gall-bladder is large. The flesh of the gilt 

 charr is red, and is accounted so very delicious 

 amongst the Italians, that they say it excels all 

 other pond and sea fish whatever; and they 

 esteem the nature of it so wholesome, that they 

 allo\v- sick persons to eat it. 



Some have doubted whether the Welch and 

 English fish, are of -the same kind or not; but 

 Mr. Ray thinks there is no room to make a doubt 

 of it. The Welch name torgoch, signifies a red 

 "belly, which distinguishes the red charr pro- 

 perly enough : the gilt charr is, indeed, quite a 

 different species, and is about twice as small as 

 the red ; the belly of the former is red, the flesh 

 white, and the spots on the back white likewise; 

 whereas the belly of the latter is of a silver co- 

 lour, the flesh red, and the back is spotted with 

 black. 



* The charr and guinniad never change 

 But live in AVinander and 



