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the cliarr here (except in one lake) exceed 3 Ib. 

 in weight. But in a lake at the foot of a high fell, 

 about six miles from Quickiock, there was a large 

 variety or species of charr which, I take it, must 

 have been identical with Nils son's " Wetterns rod- 

 ing. " The largest specimen which I preserved 

 was 28 inches long, and weighed 6| Ib. They 

 are, however, often taken up to 8 Ib., and now 

 and then as heavy as 12 Ib. The specimen which 

 I caught in a net was a splendid fish ; it was in 

 fine condition belly and flesh as red as blood. 

 It was a male fish, and had a small crook (it was 

 taken on June 20), a thing I never recollect seeing 

 before in a charr. On comparing it with three 

 common charr of about 3 Ib. weight, which were 

 sent me in from another lake the same morning, 

 I could observe no specific differences. They 

 appeared to be precisely the same, both in shape, 

 colour, number of scales, and finrays, and the only 

 difference appeared to be in the size. It was, 

 however, the largest charr I have seen, and 

 certainly a magnificent fish both to eat and look at. 

 The grayling run here to a large size, but they 

 are not plentiful. I saw several specimens about 

 3 Ib. in weight, and one which I preserved was 

 nearly 5 Ib. ; but they all said up here that this 

 was the largest grayling they had ever seen. This 

 was 19 inches long to the root of the tail. Mr. 



