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arc caught in various ways, it is still in great abundance, but 

 not equally so on all parts of the coast. 



According to Mr. Low, it is rare in Orkney ; but the 

 numbers taken increase on coming southward ; and in the 

 market of Edinburgh, according to Dr. Neill, it is commonly 

 denominated Rawn Fleuk, from its being thought best for 

 the table when in rawn,* or roe ; it is sometimes also called 

 Bannock-j- Fleuk, on account of its circular shape. 



On the coasts of Berwick, Northumberland, Durham, and 

 Yorkshire, a considerable fishery for Turbot is carried on by 

 the fishermen with long lines, the mode of using which was 

 described when speaking of the common Codfish. A large 

 proportion of the Turbot produced in the English market is 

 taken on or near the various sandbanks between the long line 

 of our eastern shore and the coast of Holland. The writer of 

 the article " Fisheries," in the edition of the Encyclopaedia 

 Britannica, now in course of publication, says, " The only 

 fishery, perhaps, which neither the Scotch nor the English 

 follow up with the same success as the Dutch, is that of the 

 Turbot ; the finest of which are supposed to be taken upon 

 the Flemish banks. The Turbot fishery begins about the 

 end of March, when the Dutch fishermen assemble a few 

 leagues to the south of Scheveling. As the warm weather 

 approaches, the fish gradually advance to the northward, and 

 during the months of April and May they are found in great 

 shoals on the banks called the Broad Forties. Early in June 

 they have proceeded to the banks which surround the small 

 island of Heligoland, off the mouth of the Elbe, where the 

 fishery continues to the middle of August, when it terminates 

 for the year. The mode of taking Turbot is as follows : 

 At the beginning of the season the trawl-net is used ; which 



* In the West of England a different meaning is attached to this word : see 

 the bottom of page 251. 



t Bannock, A round flat cake. 



