54 CATECHISM OF 



Q. Describe the Pleuronectes Solea. 



A. Pleuronectes Solea, or the Sole, is son 

 times found of the length of more than two feet, 

 though in general it is much less ; it is too well 

 known to need description, and is, by some, 

 esteemed as more delicate eating even than the 

 Turbot. The sole delights in lying at the bot- 

 tom of the sea, preying on small shell-fish, spawn, 

 sea insects, &c. it is usually taken with a net. 



Q. What is remarkable of the Tuberculatus ? 



A. The Pleuronectes Tuberculatus, or Turbot, 

 is, next to the Holibut, the largest fish of this 

 genus, and in high request among those who de- 

 light in the pleasures of the table. It is of a dark 

 brown above, marbled with blackish spots, and 

 white beneath ; the skin is wrinkled and covered 

 with spines. 



CJ. What are the general habits of this species ? 



A* The Turbot, like the rest of the genus, ge- 

 nerally lies in deep water, feeding on worms, shell- 

 fish, and marine insects ; it is taken in great quan- 

 ties about the northern coasts of Holland, France, 

 and England, with lines, sometimes three miles in 

 length, furnished with above two thousand five 

 hundred hooks, and baited with bits of herring, 

 haddock, &c. but more particularly with the river 

 lampreys, of which it is excessively fond. 



Q Are there many species of the Echeneis ? 



A. Only two; 1. Remora with a forked tail; 



