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COMMON DAB. 



Plalesstts Limanda, Cuvicr. 

 fleuroncctes Linnaeus. 



Tliis delicious fish is found on all parts of our 

 coasts in company with the plaice and flounder. 

 Vast numbers are brought to the London market, 

 being caught by the trawlers in seine nets and 

 by spillcrs and hooking ; the lug-worm is their 

 favorite food, but they also eat small fish, crus- 

 tacea, testacea. The spring is the best time of 

 the year to eat them, when large numbers are 

 sold in the Paris markets, being preferred to the 

 plaice and flounder. There are some other species 

 of this fish, but they need not be specified singly, 

 the one description sufficing for our purpose ; any 

 sandy tract of ground a short distance from the 

 coast is almost sure to produce the dab, and you 

 may find a " dab ground" off every fishing village 

 on the coast. 



