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tapldlty of the current preventing them at any other 

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The bait moft fuccefsfully iifed for all kinds of ground 

 fiOi, is herring, which are caught at all times during 

 winter and fpring in the Chcumel. Next to herrings, the 

 leffer lamprey is the mofl: approved bait : The latter are 

 frequently carried by land from 1'adca/ler, at great ex- 

 pence ; for though the flounders of fome kinds are ex- 

 tremely voracious, they are fo remarkably delicate with 

 regard to a baited hook, that if a piece of herring has 

 been twelve hours out of the water, they will not touch 

 itf. 



Of this genus there are no lefs than ten fpecies known 

 to frequent our Ihores : vi^. the plaife, the common 

 flounder, the dab, the fmear dab, the fole, the fmooth fole, 

 the pearl, and the whifF: They are of various reputation 

 as an article of food, and of every fixe, from half a pound 

 Ko three hundred. 



• Brit. Zoology. | Brit. Zool. Genus aj, 



