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adjacent counties. They are found also in the Mediter- 

 ranean and several other seas, and, when in season, are 

 ill great requisition for the most luxurious tables. The 

 upper part of the body is brown; the under part white ; 

 one of the pectoral fins is tipped with black, the sides 

 are yellow, and the tail rounded at the extremity. It is 

 said that the small Soles, caught in the northern seas, 

 are of a much superior taste to the large ones, which the 

 southern and western coasts afford. 



This fish has also the quality of keeping sweet and 

 good for several days, even in hot weather, and is 

 thought to acquire a more delicate flavour by being thus 

 kept. On this account it is that Soles in the London 

 markets are frequently more esteemed than those which 

 are cooked immediately after they are taken out of the 

 sea. 



In the economy of flat fish we have an account of one 

 circumstance which is very remarkable : among various 

 other marine productions, they have been known to feed 

 on shell-fish, although they are furnished with no appa- 

 ratus whatever in their mouth which would seem to be 

 adapted for reducing these to a state calculated for 

 digestion. 



THE SALMON-PINK, BRANDLING, PAR, OR 

 SKEGGER. 



THIS brilliant little fish is the smallest of the salmonidce, 

 and is only found in rivers frequented by salmon ; for 

 whenever a river becomes deserted by them, the samlet 

 also disappears. This fish is considered to be the fry 



