THE DllIFFIELD ANGLER. 37 



THE CHAR, 



In this kingdom, is chiefly found in 

 dermere lake, in Westmoreland, which is 

 from eleven to twelve miles in length ; and 



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it is said, perfectly smooth at the bottom. 



The Char is spotted like the Trout, and its 

 length seldom exceeds from fifteen to sixteen 

 inches. They are reckoned very delicate 

 food, and have scarce a bone except on the 

 back ; they swim together in shoals, and 

 though they appear on the surface of the 

 water in the summer, they will not suffer 

 themselves to be taken either with the angle 

 or nets. But when they resort to the shallow 

 part of the lake in order to spawn, about 

 Michaelmas, they set trammel-nets baited, 

 and leave them for a whole day and night, 

 into which the fish enter of their own accord. 

 I apprehend also, that at this season the Char 

 are to be caught by the angle, with the same 

 kind of ground-baits as are before recom- 

 mended for other fish of this species. 

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