532 THK HOI, I III I. 



they did not seek the const in like manner ;is the young 

 of other flounders." The period at which this fish deposits 

 its roe is rather unsettled. Kroyer, however, says : " On 

 the 22nd July I found in a female seventeen inches in 

 length, the lobes containing the roe to be nearly ei-ht 

 inches long, and the roe itself appeared ready for shedding. 

 I therefore came to the conclusion thai it spawns in the 

 beginning of August." This statement of the Protest- 

 is in accordance with what the .Swedish fishermen have 

 told Nilsson. The Pole is held in estimation for culinary 

 purposes, many thinking it equal to the Sole. 



The Holilmt (//<ille-Mtnnlr<t* Sw. ; //^//,<- 



(Dan. and) Norw., h'l-i'jlr, Norw. ; UippoyloNtnix 



Flem.), a Northern fish, and the largest of the flounders. 



is common in the Holms Skiirgard and the ('attest ; hut 



it becomes scarcer and scarcer as one follows the Swedish 



coast to the southward, so that comparatively few find 



their way into the Sound, and rarely if ever into the Baltic. 



On the western coast of Denmark, and the Duchies of 



Slesvig and Holstein down to Heligoland, as also aloni; 



the whole coast of Norway up to the North Cape itself, 



this fish is common. Its usual length with us was from 



three to four feet, and weight thirty to forty pounds; 



but individuals of from one hundred to one hundred and 



fifty or even two hundred pounds \\erenot so very unusual : 



\\e read, indeed, of perfect monsters. Kroyer tells us, 



for instance, that he himself dissected a holibut caught 



on the Norwegian coast that was seven feet in length, and, 



1 hough terribly out of condition, weighed three hundred 



* Tin- jiivtK //''' '- ili-rivcil fn>in tin \\onl ),,i'lir i i 



meaning such parts of tin- l.ottoiu, wln-iv -prints of fiv.-li wat.'i- wrll up, 

 tlii-y Iwiiu- tin- favouritf iv,.. i-t of this tisli ; Imt Kn>\iT tliinks. w iili S<-li..nr 

 Aelllf, tin- \\onl mav In- tak.'li from tin' si/i- of the ti-.li, li'fii ;,i-iiiii r,'iitj:!<i, 



i/iti, /!'' iit'i;/>taimiif,ii rudieMn*, being ttwlargi ud (therefore) 



liolv tisli, \\liirli mav als.. jjivr tin- .-In.- to tlic Kn^'li-li naiiu- of /, IH,,il. 



