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copper-mines, in those of Llynberis, but the 

 mineral streams have entirely destroyed the fish 

 in the last lakes.* Mr. Walker to whom I have 

 been so often indebted, tells me, that he is in- 

 formed by Doctor Vyse, an eminent physician 

 and botanist at Limerick, that the Charr is found 

 in the lake of Inchigeelah in the county of Cork, 

 and in one or two other small lakes in the neigh- 

 borhood. In Scotland it is found in Loch Inch, 

 and other neighboring lakes, and is said to go. 

 into the Spey to spawn. 



The largest and most beautiful we ever re- 

 ceived were taken in Winander Mere, and were 

 communicated to us by the Rev. Mr. Farrish 

 of Carlisle, with an account of their natural his- 

 tory. He favored me with five specimens, two 

 under the name of the Case Charr, male and 

 female ; another he called the Celt Charr, i. e. 

 a charr which had not spawned the preceding 

 season, and on that account is reckoned to be 

 in the greatest perfection. The two others were 

 inscribed, the Red Charr, the Silver or Gelt 

 Charr, the Carpio Lacus Benaci, Raii syn. 

 pise. 66, which last are in J Westmoreland distin- 

 guished by the epithet red, by reason of the 



* They are found in certain lakes in Merionethshire. 



