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Whiting- are again seen to vary in an irregular 

 manner but it seems certain that more soles and dabs are 

 got about low water, and that more plaice are got about 

 high water. Captain Eccles informs us that this is his 

 experience as regards soles, dabs and whiting, and that 



Fig. 5. — Average catches of immature fishes in relation to the state of 



the tide. 



often plaice behave as the curve shows but not invariably 

 so. It is evident that a large number of carefully devised 

 observations are required to make out these variations iu 

 a satisfactory manner, and it also appears probable that 



