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Wales, are trouts called coch-y -da'll; marked -with red and 
black spots as big as sixpences ; others unspotted, and of a 
reddish hue, that sometimes weigh near ten pounds, but are 
( bad tasted. 
In Lough Neagh, in Ireland, trouts are called buddaghs , 
which sometimes weigh thirty pounds. 
Trouts (probably ot‘ the same species) are also taken in 
Ulswater, a lake in Cumberland, of a much superior size 
to those of Lough Neagh. These are supposed to be the 
same with the trout of the lake of Geneva. 
In the river Eyneon, not far from Machynlleth, in Me- 
rionethshire, and in one of the Snowden lakes, are found a 
variety of trout, which are naturally deformed, having a 
strange crookedness near the tail, resembling that of the 
perch before described. 
The stomachs of the common trouts are uncommonly 
thick and muscular. They feed on the shell-fish of lakes 
and rivers, as well as on the small fish. They likewise take 
into their stomachs gravel, or small stones, to assist in com- 
minuting the testaceous parts of their food. The trouts of 
certain lakes in Ireland, such as those of the province of 
Gahvay, and some others, are remarkable for the great 
thickness of their stomachs, which, from some slight re- 
semblance to the organ of digestion in birds, have been 
called gizzards ; the Irish name the species that has them, 
Gillaroo trouts. These stomachs tire sometimes served up 
to table, under the former appellation. It does not, how- 
ever, appear, that the extraordinary strength of stomach in 
the Irish fish should give any suspicion that it is a distinct 
species ; the nature of the waters might encreasc the thick- 
ness ; or the superior quality of shell-fish, which may more 
frequently call for the use of its comminuting powers than 
those of our trouts, might occasion this difference. 
Trouts are most voracious fish, and afford excellent diver- 
sion to the angler ; the passion for the sport of angling is 
so great in the neighbourhood of London, that the liberty 
of fishing in some of the streams in the adjacent countries 
>s purchased at the rate of ten pounds per annum. 
These fish shift their quarters to spawn, and, like salmon, 
make up towards the heads of rivers to deposit their roes. 
The Charr is found in the lakes of the north, and in those 
of the mountainous parts of Europe. The inhabitants of 
Westmoreland distinguish them into different kinds, accord- 
*og to their colours, but they appear to be varieties rather 
than different species. These fish seldom exceed twelve 
inches in length. The head, back, dorsal fin, and tail, are 
