FISHES. 
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THE CHAR, OR ALPINE TROUT, (Salmo alpinus,) 
Is not unlike the trout ; the scales are very small ; the 
colour of the body marked with numerous spots and 
points, black, red, and silvery, mixed with yellow, and 
without a circle ; the back tinged with olive-green ; the 
belly white, the snout bluish. All the fins, except those 
of the back, are reddish, and the adipose one is red on its 
edge. It measures, in length, about twelve inches. This 
fish is esteemed very delicate by all nations, and chiefly 
by the Italians. They have it plentifully in Lago di 
Garda, near Venice ; and it is also found, not only in our 
northern lakes in Westmoreland and Scotland, but also in 
those large ponds of water at the foot of the mountains 
in Lapland. The potted Char enjoys a high and deserved 
reputation in several parts of the continent, as well as in 
England. The Char is a fresh-water fish, but as it is 
generally found in the deepest parts of lakes, it is rarely 
taken by an angler. 
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