10 INTRODUCTION. 



adults into a particular area is followed by an increase in the 

 numbers of such eggs, as illustrated recently in St Andrews 

 Bay, where about five hundred soles of various sizes were 

 transferred from English waters 1 . 



In the subsequent pages are set forth the leading facts 

 concerning the life-history of our more common food-fishes, 

 the more exclusively scientific terms being as far as possible 

 avoided in their narration. 



1 The kind co-operation of J. W. Woodall, Esq., M.A., of St Nicholas House, 

 Scarborough, deserves cordial acknowledgment. 



