PLEURONECTIDJE. 



According to Mr. Low, it is rare in Orkney ; but the 

 numbers taken increase on coming southward ; and in the 

 market of Edinburgh, according to Dr. Neill, it is com- 

 monly denominated Rawn Fleuk, from its being thought 

 best for the table when in rawn,* or roe ; it is sometimes also 

 called Bannockf Fleuk, on account of its shape. 



On the coasts of Durham and Yorkshire, a considerable 

 fishery for Turbot is carried on by the fishermen of Hartle- 

 pool and Scarborough with long lines, the mode of using 

 which was described when speaking of the common Codfish. 

 A large proportion of the Turbot produced in the English 

 market is taken on or near the various sandbanks between the 

 long line of our eastern shore and the coast of Holland. 

 The writer of the article " Fisheries," in the edition of the 

 Encyclopedia Britannica now in course of publication, says, 

 46 The only fishery, perhaps, which neither the Scotch nor 

 the English follow up with the same success as the Dutch, is 

 that of the Turbot ; the finest of which are supposed to be 

 taken upon the Flemish banks. The Turbot fishery begins 

 about the end of March, when the Dutch fishermen assemble 

 a few leagues to the south of Scheveling. As the warm 

 weather approaches, the fish gradually advance to the north- 

 ward, and during the months of April and May they are 

 found in great shoals on the banks called the Broad Forties. 

 Early in June they have proceeded to the banks which sur- 

 round the small island of Heligoland, off the mouth of the 

 Elbe, where the fishery continues to the middle of August, 

 when it terminates for the year. The mode of taking Tur- 

 bot is as follows : At the beginning of the season the trawl- 

 net is used ; which being drawn along the banks, brings up 



* In the West of England a different meaning is attached to this word : see 

 the bottom of page 170. 



t Bannock, a round flat cake. 



