THE CHARR. 
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three fpecies, die red, and the gilt, and the cafe-charr. 
Thefe kinds are nearly fimilar in their external appear- 
ance ; but the time and manner of their fpawning are fo 
different, as to afford room for their fpecification into 
three diftinft families. The cafe-charr {pawns about 
Michaelmas , and chiefly in a river that runs into the lake 
called the Bratly. The fpawning feafon of the gilt chart 
is from the beginning of January to the end of March : 
they never afcend the river ; but make choice of a fpringy 
part of the lake, where the bottom is fmooth and 
fandy *. 
The figure of the charr is more {lender and lengthened 
than that of the trout : The colour Jof the back is an 
olive green, variegated with fpots of a duiky white, and 
others of a dull yellow. The belly is of a pale red, in 
the female greatly diluted, and approaching to white. 
The whole body is covered with very minute fcales f . The 
manner of taking thefe fifties is with nets or trammels, as 
they are called, which are furniffied with bait to allure 
the fifli, and left fet for feveral days, till they are known 
to enter them. 
The Gwiniad 
*1 his fifli feems to be an intermediate fpecies between 
the trout and the herring ; like the latter, it fuddenly 
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* Brit. Zool. i Willongh. p. 196. 
§ Saltno Lavarctus, Lin. Syft. Lavaretus AHobrcgum, Will. 
