Clafs IV. COR ARE RR i ee 
channel of the Brathy. They are fuppofed to be in 
the higheft perfection about May, and. continue fo 
all the fummer, yet are rarely caught after pril. 
‘When they are fpawning in the river they will take a 
bait, but at no other time, being commonly taken, 
en) 
as well as the other fpecies, in what they call brea/t 
nets, which are in length about twenty-four fathoms, 
and about five, where broadeft. 
The feafon which the other fpecies {pawns in is 
from the beginning of anuary to the end of March. 
They are never known to afcend the rivers, but al- 
ways in thofe parts of the lake which are fpringy, 
where the bottom is fmooth and fandy, and the 
water warmeit. The fifhermen 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 greateft 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 efteemed for the table than the other, 
and is very delicate when potted. 
We mutt 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- 
ang about a month later, keep moving irom fide to 
fide of the pool, and then’ retire into the deep wa- 
ter, where they are fometimes but rarely taken. 
This remarkable circumftance of the differ 
feafon of fpawning in fifh, apparently the fame (for 
the red charr of Winender, is scertainly not the 
Carpio 
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chart. 
