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THE FLOUNDER 

 ( Pli'iironectes Victor ue) 



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Is the coiuniDiirst iif the Hut Hislies. It is greiitly esteemeil i'or the exij^aisite fhivoiir of its 

 flesli ; lives mostly aloiij;- the sandy reaches of the sea-shore, and is always caught in nets, although 

 it will sometimes take the liait. It is a curious fa('t that the very young of this fisli swim in the 

 same way as other lish, and it is only on taking to living on the sand that they adopt the a])pear- 

 ance under which they arc generally known — ^the ujipermost side being coloured, the lower not, 

 and, stranger still, the eye works rc)uud from the lower w " hlind" side. This tisli swims with a 

 graceful undulating motion, and has the capability of taking the ct)lour of the grt)uud u})on which 

 it settles, nature having thus provided it with a means of escaping- the attention of its enemies. 



THE LEATHEK- 

 JAdKET. 



{Monoc(i//t//fis.) 



M o n o c a n t h u s 

 signifies " one- 



horned," and for 

 aught we know 

 here is the origin of 

 our unicoi'u which 

 ajipears in the 

 Hoyal coatof arms ; 

 at any rate, the rhi- 

 noceros has not got 

 it all his own way. 

 This fish has no 

 scales, but a i-ougli 

 skin. It is not bad 



