212 NATURALIZATION OF FISH. 



Importation of Fresh Water Fish. In the lake 

 of Annecy there is a fish which has accidentally 

 come into the lake by an overflow. It is called 

 Lotte, and was brought by a Savoyard gentleman 

 from Geneva to put into his reservoir near Annecy ; 

 the fish escaped, during an inundation , into the lake, 

 and are become very numerous ; they increased 

 so fast, as to stock the lake with this excellent 

 fish, which somewhat resembles the eel in flavour, 

 but is more delicate. Cuvier classes it with the 

 genus Gadus, but it is only a fresh water fish of 

 that genus ; it is two feet long, yellow, marbled 

 with brown, its head is a little depressed, its al- 

 most cylindrical body gives it a singular appear- 

 ance ; it has a very large liver. 



This accident of the overflow may afford a 

 useful hint for the importation of some of the most 

 esteemed fresh water fish into our lakes and rivers, 

 where they no doubt would thrive and multiply. 

 BakewelVs Travels in the Tarentaise, fyc. vol. i. 

 p. 43. 



