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They are generally sold by the pound at a low 

 price ; the flesh is dry though white and firm, but 

 with hardly any flavour. The Jews are very fond 

 of this fish, and consume nearly all that come to 

 the London market. 



THE TURBOT. 



Rhombus tnaxlmus, Cuvicr. 

 Pleuronectes Linnteus. 



This well-known and highly esteemed fish is 

 justly considered one of the best as well as the 

 largest of flat-fish, arid notwithstanding the im- 

 mense quantity consumed is still caught in great 

 immbcrs. In the article "Fisheries/' in the 

 ' Encyclopaedia Britannica/ the writer says, " 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 

 Avhich arc supposed to be taken upon the Flemish 

 banks. The turbot fishing begins about the end 

 of March, when the Dutch fishermen assemble a 



