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tribution of these species. Perhaps most interest attaches to 

 the Salmonidce of our inland waters. The Vendace (Coregonus 

 vandesius) is believed to exist only in Bassenthwaite and Der- 

 wentwater. The late Mr. Braithwaite had the misfortune to 

 quote Dr. Davy, as saying that he had taken this fish in 

 Windermere. His slip has been copied by Professor Seeley and 

 other writers. The Gwyniad or ' Schelly ' {Coregonus clupeoides) 

 is peculiar to Haweswater and Ulleswater ; unless it be true — 

 as asserted by Braithwaite (and copied without inquiry or 

 acknowledgment by Dr. Day), — that there are ' Schellies ' in 

 Eed Tarn on Helvellyn. Should such be the case, they have 

 probably been artificially introduced by one of the numerous 

 gentlemen who at one time or another have amused themselves 

 with experimenting on the local Salmonidce. The Charr now 

 (Salmo alpinus) exists in Windermere, Coniston, Haweswater, 

 Crummock Water, Buttermere, Ennerdale, Wastwater; but is 

 believed to be extinct in Ulleswater. There are no Charr in 

 Derwentwater, though Dr. Day unfortunately records them 

 from that lake. Nor do they exist in Esthwaite or Bassen- 

 thwaite, but I believe that they do exist in one or two of the 

 mountain tarns. The Charr of Haweswater are usually small. 

 Those of Windermere appear to run the largest. The late 

 T. C. Heysham alludes to the Charr in a letter sent to the late 

 Dr. Bell of Cockermouth, February 24, 1852 : 'I am afraid,' he 

 says, ' your brother M. D., who resides at Keswick, will find 

 some difficulty in procuring Charr from Derwentwater. I have 

 never been able to obtain any from this quarter, but as he 

 resides constantly on the spot he may be more successful. The 

 largest I have received during the last eight or ten years was 

 sent to me from Coniston.' He had previously written to Dr. 

 Bell on the 15th of the same month: 'Perhaps you will also 

 be kind enough to inquire whether there be any chance of 

 procuring a few Charr from the adjoining lake next summer. 

 During the last I had occasion to examine some from Ennerdale 

 Lake, and found them much infested with a species of FUiaria, 

 and I am rather anxious to ascertain whether this is accidental, 

 or prevails in Charr in all the lakes.' 



