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the top of the water, or were stranded on the bank of the lake 

 in a dying condition ; such was the case with a Vendace 

 captured in a moribund stage in Derwentwater, June 3, 1856. : 

 In corroboration of Dr. Davy's statement that Vendace have been 

 netted by our fishermen, I may cite the following statement 

 from a local print: 'On the 24th ult. [July 24, 1843] a con- 

 siderable number of that rare and beautiful fish, known locally 

 as the Vendis, were taken in Derwentwater by Mr. Mossop of 

 Lodore Inn. Although a fisherman for upwards of twenty 

 years, Mr. Mossop does not recollect more than five specimens 

 being taken, and then, as in the present instance, with the net 

 only.' 2 Thomas Bell gave evidence before the Inspectors of the 

 English Fisheries in 1878, stating that Vendace existed in 

 Bassenthwaite in very small numbers. He thought that the 

 Pike eat them. A Vendace, which had been taken in Derwent- 

 water, was exhibited before the Zoological Society by the late 

 Dr. Day, May 19, 1885. 



GRAYLING. 



Thymallus vulgaris, Nilss. 



Dr. Heysham was under the impression that the Grayling 

 was occasionally taken in both the Eden and the Esk, but I 

 fancy that he was wrong upon this point ; it seems to be quite 

 clear that the Grayling has only been introduced to our waters 

 within a recent period. Mr. W. Patrickson sent to T. C. 

 Heysham two supposed Grayling taken in the river Irthing in 

 September 1841. Heysham replied that the fish must be 

 referred to the Gwyniad, ' the Skelly of Ulleswater ; ' adding, 

 1 there can be no doubt that both these (females) have made 

 their escape from that lake. The true Grayling (Thymallus 

 vulgaris), a specimen of which I am anxious to get hold of, has 

 some resemblance to the Gwyniad, but may easily be known 

 from the latter by its large dorsal fin.' In the year 1883, Mr. 

 C. Donald Thompson introduced some Graylings into the upper 

 waters of the Eden, near Appleby, on May 29. He has since 



1 Carlisle Journal, June 6, 1856. 



2 Carlisle Patriot, August 4, 1843. 



