Class IV. CHARR SALMON. 41 i 



other species, in what they call breast nets, 

 which are in length about twenty-four fathoms, 

 and about five, where broadest. 



The season which the other species spawns in Of the 

 is from the beginning of January to the end chIrr. 

 of March. They are never known to ascend 

 the rivers, but remain in those parts of the lake 

 which are springy, where the bottom is smooth 

 and sandy, and the water warmest. The fisher- 

 men judge of this warmth, by observing that the 

 water seldom freezes in the places where they 

 spawn, except in intense frosts, and then the 

 ice is thinner than in other parts of the lake. 

 They are taken in greatest plenty from the 

 end of September to the end of November : at 

 other times they are hardly to be met with. 

 This species is much more esteemed for the 

 table than the other, and is very delicate when 

 potted. 



We must observe, that this account of the 

 spawning season of the Westmoreland charrs, 

 agrees very nearly with that of those of Wales, 

 the last appearing about a month later, keep 

 moving from side to side of the pool, and then 

 retire into the deep water, where they are some- 

 times but rarely taken. This remarkable cir- 

 cumstance of the different season of spawning 



