i^6 YHE RIVER-TROUf. 



is a well known inhabitant of the greatefi: part of thofe 

 pure and rapid ftrearns which defcend from the moun- 

 tains in the Highlands of Scot/and, where we have wit - 

 nclTed above twelve dczcil taken with a liiigle red antf' 

 Jine m a few hours. 



llje Charr **o 



This fpccies is very properly denominated the j4ipine 

 charr by Linnmis ; for its conftant refidence is in Xhi 

 lakes of the high and mountainous parts of Europe. A 

 few are found in fome of the lakes in Wales, and in 

 J^och Inch in Scotland ; from which lafl it is fiid to mi- 

 jgrate into the Spey to fpawn : Seldom, however, does 

 this fpccies venture into any running dream ; its principal 

 refort is in the cold lakes of the Lapland Alps^ where iti 

 is fed by the innumerable larvrs of gnats that infell thofe 

 dreary regions. When the Laplanders migrate to the 

 diftajat lakes daring fummer, they find a ready and luxu- 

 rious repall in thefc fifhes ; which to them are extremely 

 palatable without any fauce : accuftomed to temperance, 

 and exercife, thefe hardy natives are independent of the 

 inventions of epicurifmf . 



The largeil.and mod beautiful charrs are found in the 

 lake of lV'uiandt7--Mer^ in Wejlmoreland^ where there are 



three 



* Salmo Alpinus, Lin. Syft, Umbla miner, Gefi'.ir, 

 f Britiih Zoology. 



