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THE OCEAN WORLD. 



but for commercial purposes they are taken by the trawl-net. When 

 the ground-hook is employed it is baited with fragments of small fish. 

 Every one knows the delicate flavour of the flesh of the sole, which, 

 however, varies greatly in different localities, those of the Channel 

 Islands being particularly choice. 



Fig. 386. — The Common Sole (Solea vulgaris). 



The Turbot, Rhombus maximus (Fig. 387), resembles in its general 

 form a lozenge, whence its name of rhombus. Its under jaw is more 

 advanced than the upper jaw, and is furnished with many rows of 

 small teeth. Its fins are yellow with brownish spots. The left side 

 is marbled brown and yellow ; the right side, which is the inferior, 

 white with brownish spots and points. The true turbot is the special 

 delight of the epicure, and fabulous sums are said to have been given 

 at different times by rich persons in order to secure a fine turbot. 



