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a year by the supply of the turbot alone, and the 

 sauce for this luxury has caused the Danes to be 

 paid about 15,000 per annum for a million of 

 lobsters sent from the rocky coasts of Norway. 

 One fourth of the supply of turbot to the London 

 market is provided by Dutch fishermen : each 

 boat brings from one hundred to one hundred and 

 fifty fish, and pays a duty of ,(>, and a large 

 trade is carried on between the Dutch and English 

 fishermen at sea, the latter purchasing the fish 

 and bringing them into our market free of duty. 



On our southern coast turbot are caught by 

 trawling vessels, and long line fishing at particular 

 seasons, on the two extensive banks of sand known 

 as the Varnc and the llidgc, the first about seven 

 miles, and the second twelve from Dover towards 

 the French coast. The French also fish with 

 long lines on those banks, and if unsuccessful in 

 selling their turbot at sea, which they prefer, one 

 or more of their boats is freighted with them and 

 sent into Dover, paying the usual duty prior to 

 selling the fish. They are not, however, allowed 

 to sell any fish but turbot, except under particular 

 circumstances. If in want of provisions, or their 

 boat has suffered damage from bad weather, they 



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