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these Tarns has been supposed to be the 

 crater of an extinguished volcano.* They 

 both contain perch and a small species of 

 trout, a few of which the angler may try to 

 catch, if he pleases, for the sake of curiosity, 

 as they are not otherwise deserving his at- 

 tention. 



The Char, though a pleasing addition to 

 the breakfast table when potted, being taken 

 by the net, affords no pleasure to the angler 

 in its capture, and though some are occa- 

 sionally taken with the rod, such instances 

 are not frequent. Cromach affords the best 

 trout-fishing, and Lowes contains the greatest 

 number of perch and pike. Should the angler 

 be desirous of trying for salmon or salmon- 

 trout, he can proceed down the vale to 

 Cockermouth, and fish the Derwent from 

 about a mile below that town to Working- 

 ton, where it enters the sea. Though perhaps 



* Similar tarns, of apparently the same origin, occur 

 among the hills of the Abruzzi, in the kingdom of 

 Naples. 



