** 
Defer, 
190 S 16) L E. Clafs I'V, 
VII. The Sa L ee 
Beyawooos. Athen. lib. viii.p.  faperiore longiore, {quamis 
288. Oppian Halieut. I. gg. utrinque afperis. Arted. /yn. 
La Sole. Belon. 142. Be. 
Bugloffus. Rondel. 320. Ge/ner Pleuronectes Solea. Lin. fpf. 
pic. 666. , 457. Gronov. Zooph. No.25¥. 
Tungen. Schonevelde. 63. Tunga, Sola. Faun. fuec. No. 
Pleuronectes oculis a finiftra 326. 
corpore oblongo, maxilla 
TAHE fole is found on all our coafts, but thofe 
on the weftern fhores are much fuperior in fize 
to thofe of the north. On the former they are fome- 
times taken of the weight of fix or feven pounds, 
but towards Scarborough they rarely exceed one 
pound; if they reach two, it is extremely uncom- 
mon. 
They are ufually taken in the trawl-net: they 
keep much at the bottom, and feed on fmall thell 
fith. | 
It is of a form much more narrow and oblong than 
any other of the genus. ‘The irides are yellow; the 
pupils of a bright fappharine color: the fcales are 
fmall, and very rough: the upper part of the body 
is of a deep brown: the tip of one of the pectoral 
fins black : the under part of the body is white; 
the lateral line ftrait: the tail rounded at the end, 
It is a fifh of a very delicate flavor; but the 
{mall foles are much fuperior in goodnefs to Jarge 
ones, 
