i 3 2 SMOOTH SOLE. Class IV. 



pounds, but towards Scarborough they rarely exceed 

 one pounds if they reach two, it is extremely un- 

 common. 



They are ufually taken in the trawlnet : they 

 keep much at the bottom, and feed on fmall fhell 

 fifh. 

 Descrip. It is of a form much more narrow and oblong 

 than any other of the genus. The irides are yel- 

 low ; the pupils of a bright fappharine color : the 

 fcales are fmall, and very rough : the upper part 

 of the body is of a deep brown : the tip of one of 

 the pectoral fins black : the under part of the body 

 is white : the lateral line ftrait : the tail rounded at 

 the end. 



It is a fifh of a very delicate flavour ; but ths 

 fmall foles are much iuperior in goodnefs to large 

 ones *. The chief fifhery for them is at Brixham 

 in Torbay. 



io8. Smooth Solea ? -Ovid. Halieut. 124. 



Sole. ArnoglofTus feu Solea lasvis. Wil. Icth. 102. Raiijyn.pifc, 34. 



HIS, as defcribed by Mr. Ray, (for we have 

 not feen it) is extremely thin, pellucid, and 



* By the antient laws of the Cinque ports, no one was to 

 take foles from the ill of November to the 15th of March ; 

 neither was any body to fifh from fun fetting to fun-rifing, 

 that the filh might enjoy their night-food. 



white, 



