FLOUNDER 
tended duration, and may take place during any of the 
first six months of the year. A great number of eggs 
are laid, and these are so light that, instead of sinking, 
they float on the surface of the sea. The young fry are 
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at first kept going by the absorption of the remaining 
yolk, but in a few weeks the perfect little Flounder finds 
itself in an immense world of life in which, perchance, it 
may be destined to play no unimportant part. 
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