Class IV. CHAR R. 3^9 



rivers, but always in thofe parts of the lake which 

 are fpringy, where the bottom is fmooth and fandy, 

 and the water warmeii. The fidiermen judge of 

 this warmth, by obferving that the water feldom 

 freezes in the places where they fpawn, except 

 in intenfe frofts, and then the ice is thinner than in 

 other parts of the lake. They are taken in great- 

 eft plenty from the end of September to the end of 

 November : at other times they are hardly to be 

 met with. This fpecies is much more eileemed 

 for the table than the other, and is very delicate 

 when potted. 



We muft obferve, that this account of the fpawn- 

 ing feafon of the Weftmorland charrs, agrees very 

 nearly with that of thofe of Wales^ the laft appear- 

 ing about a month later, keep moving from fide to 

 fide of the pool, and then retire into the deep 

 water, where they are fometimes but rarely taken. 

 . This remarkable circumftance of the different 

 feafgn of fpawning in fifli, apparently the fame (for 

 the red charr of V/inander^ is certainly not the 

 Carpio Lacus Benaci) puzzles us greatly, and 

 makes us willi that the curious, who border on 

 .that lake, would pay farther attention to the na- 

 tural hiftory of thefe filh, and favor us with, fome 

 further lights on the fubjedt. 



We fhall now defcribe the varieties by the names 

 afcribed to them in the north. 



The length of the red charr to the divifion in its Red Charr. 

 tail, was twelve inches ; its biggeft circumference 

 X 3 I almofl 



