370 Big Game Fishes 
most improbable fish story. The under eye be- 
gins to move, literally starts upon its travels, dif- 
fering some in the various species in route and 
method of procedure, but moving, nevertheless, 
passing around in some, directly through the 
head in others, until in the adult fish we find both 
eyes on top, having travelled around from the left 
to the right side. I am indebted to Dr. Alex- 
ander Agassiz for a drawing showing the various 
stages of this remarkable journey of an eye. 
Nearly all these fishes commend themselves to the 
epicure,— the English sole, California sand dab, 
the New England turbot, the summer flounder, 
and many more being extremely valuable. The 
halibut of the Northwest coast has a pronounced 
economic value, and the “ Halibut Express” from 
Vancouver to Boston is suggestive that the 
eastern coast cannot supply the demand. 
