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three fpecies, the red, and the gilt, and the cafe-charr. 

 Thefe kinds are nearly fimilar in their external appear- 

 ance ; but the time and manner of their fpawning are fa 

 dilFerent, as to afFord room for their fpecification into 

 three diftinft families. The cafe-charr fpawns about 

 Michaelmas, and chiefly in a river that runs into the lake 

 called the Brathy. The fpawning feafon of the gilt charr 

 is from the beginning of 'Jamiary to the end of March : 

 they never afcend the river ; but make choice of a fpringy 

 part of the lake, where the bottom is fmooth and 

 fandy *. 



The figure of the charr is more flender and lengthened 

 than that of the trout : The colour of the back is an 

 olive green, variegated with fpots of a dufky white, and 

 others of a dull yellow. The belly is of a pale red, in 

 the female greatly diluted, and approaching to white. 

 The whole body is covered with very minute fcales f . The 

 manner of taking thefe filhes is with nets or trammels, as 

 they are called, which are furnifbed with bait to allure 

 the fifh, and left fet for feveral days, till they are known 

 to enter them. 



The Gwtftiad^^ 



X HIS fifli feems to be an intermediate fpecies between 



the trout and the herring ; like the latter, it fuddenly 



Vol. III. K k dies 



* Brit. Zool. f Willough. p. 196. 



^ Salmo Lavarctus, Lin. Syft, Lr-varctus Allobrogum, Will. 



