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performs about the end of September. When it first 

 appears, it is in considerable esteem, but probably more 

 on account of its rarity than of any thing else. It is 

 commonly about a foot long. 



2. THE TORGOCH; OR, RED BELLY. 



THIS fish, to which the Highlanders of Scotland 

 give the name of tarrag-gcheal, is much more, strictly 

 speaking, a lake and an alpine fish, than the for- 

 mer, being found in the mountain lakes of Wales 

 and Scotland, in situations from which it is not very 

 likely to migrate to the sea. It is a most beautiful 

 fish, being of a shining bluish purple on the back, 

 which passes into silvery yellow and scarlet, marked 

 with spots of deeper red on the under part. Its flesh 

 is of a red colour : but there is not much known of its 

 habits, only it is understood to remain permanently in 

 the lakes, and to spawn about the beginning of the 

 year. It is in best season in autumn. In size and 

 form, it does not differ much from the case char. 



3. THE GUINIAD. 



THIS fish (coregonus lavaretus,) has some resem- 

 blance in its form to the trout, and was classed by 

 Linnaeus in the genus salmo. It is about the size of 

 the former j but has the mouth very like that of a 

 herring, and the covers of the gills of a silvery hue 

 and lustre, but sprinkled with small black spots. The 

 first dorsal or back fin is of a deep blue colour. This 

 fish is found in the larger lakes, in most parts of the 



