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aud the whole of the colour on the left side, instead of 

 the rii?ht : while white or Albino vai'ieties, are not 

 uncorfimon. 



HALIBUT. 



Anacanthini Anisomeri. Pleuronectida. 



{Hippoglossus vulgaris.) 



GeTm.a.n : Die Heiligbutt. Pferde Zunge. Dutch: Heilbot. Ice- 

 landic : Uejlagfiski Flydra. Norwegian : Legekveite. Swedish : 

 Helgjlundra. French : Fletan. 



The Halibut is decidedly a northern fish, being found on 

 the coast of Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Scotland, and the 



HALIBUT. 



British shores of the North Sea ; it lives and thrives on 

 on the immense sand plains between the west coast of Scot- 

 land and Norway. These fish gi'ow to an enormous size. 

 In February, 1874, Mr. Dearsley, of 1, Eussell Street, 

 Covent Garden, sent for me to inspect a monster 

 halibut. The dimensions of this fine fellow were — 

 length, 6ft. 3in., width, 3ft. lin., length of head, 1ft. 9in. 

 Not being able to afford plaster to cast this magnificent 

 fish, I took the outline in unbleached calico and a car- 

 I)enter's pencil (a capital plan by the way), Mr. Searle 

 then cut it out in wood and painted it to life, and it 

 is now hanging up in my museum. This fish was caught 

 off Montrose, Scotland. 



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