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thofe oi Ireland J and of Ctmkrland -, and in JVaies^ 

 in that of Llyntegid^ near Bala^ in Merioneth/hire, 



It is the fame with the Ferra of the lake of Ge- 

 neva^ the Schelly "^^ of Hulfe-water^ the P^?//^;? of 

 Z^^/f/^ Neagb, and the Vangis and Juvangis of 

 Z^r/y Mahcn. The ^'^r^?/^^ have a tradition that it 

 was firll introduced there by the beauteous queen, 

 their unhappy Mary Stuart-, and as in her time the 

 Scotch court was much frenchjfied, it feems likely 

 that the name was derived from the French^ vendoife^ 

 a dace^ to w,hich a flight obferver might be tempt- 

 ed to compare it from the whitenefs of its fcales. 

 The Britijh nsime Gwiniad^ or whiting, was beflow- 

 ed on it for the fame reafon. 



It is a gregarious fiih, and approaches the ihores 

 in vail fhoals in fpring and in fummer, which 

 prove in many places a blefTed relief to the poor of 

 inland countries, in the fame degree as the an- 

 nual return of the herring is to thofe who inhabit 

 the coafts. The Rev. Mr. Farrijh^ of Carlijle^ 

 wrote me word, that he was allured by a Hulfe- 

 'u:ater fifherman, that lad fummer he took between 

 feven and eight thoufand at one draught. I muft 

 not pafs by that gentleman without acknowledg- 

 ing my obligations tp him for an account of the 

 Charrs and the Schelly^ he being one of the valuable 

 embeliifhers of this work, for whom I am indebted 

 to the friendfhip of his late worthy prelate. 



^ The inhabitants of Cumberland give this name alfo t(? 

 the chub, from its being a fcaly fiili. 



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