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TABLE VII.— SOLE. 
Year. 
lilyth Bay. 
Cambois 
Bay. 
Druridgo 
Bay. 
Alnmouth 
Bay. 
Skate Roads. 
Total. 
Aver- 
age. 
1892 
1. 0, 3 
0, 7, 8 
13 
32 
5 
1893 
56, 17 
3, 16 
24, 28 
8, 11 
... 
163 
20 
1894 
43 
20, 59 
5, 36 
5, 18, 8 
1,1 
196 
20 
1895 
12, 20 
4, 4 
6, 12, 11 
4,7 
0, 3 
83 
8 
1896 
5, 36 
24 
35, 8, 26 
30, 9 
5, 2 
180 
18 
1897 
3 
32, 15 
37, 15 
2, 10 
5, 6 
125 
14 
1898 
11a 
7c 
3, 6, 3 
3,0 
1,2 
15 
2 
1899 
06 
19, lOd 
1. 3, 20 
1,8 
0,0 
5*2 
6 
' „ ” ) Left out in making up totals and averages. 
C. i ,, 4 
d. 5 „ J 
Table VII. seems to show that the true sole is also becoming 
scarcer in our in-shore waters. 
TABLE VIII.— FLOUNDER. 
Year. 
Blyth Bay. 
Cambois 
Bay. 
Druridgc 
Bay. 
Alnmouth 
Bay. 
Skate 
Roads. 
Total. 
Aver- 
age. 
1892 
0, 0, 0 
0, 0. 0 
0 
0 
0 
1893 
0,0 
0,0 
0,0 
0,0 
. . . 
0 
0 
1894 
2 
4, 0 
3,2 
i— i 
19, 9 
64 
6 
1835 
0, 0 
0,0 
2, 0, 0 
0,0 
0, 0 
2 
0 
1896 
0,2 
0 
0, 1, 1 
3,3 
0, 32 
42 
4 
1897 
5 
0,0 
3,3 
1,5 
21, 10 
48 
5 
1898 
la 
1 c 
1, 3, 2 
18, 5 
6,7 
42 
o 
1899 
06 
0, Id 
1, 0, 3 
12, 9 
6c, 11 
42 
6 
a. 4 hours 
c ‘ j ” > Left out in making up totals and averages. 
d- 5 ” J 
e. Goswick and Skate Roads together, one day’s fishing. 
The flounder is not a favourite flat fish as an article of food. 
Table VIII. shows that it is not very common, and illustrates its 
relative predominance in Alnmouth Bay and Skate Roads, where 
the fresh water which determines its distribution is contributed by 
the well-known streams and rivers which pour into these bays. 
Table IX. shows in an important manner the total number of 
flat fishes obtained at each excursion, and the average for each 
year. So far as the flat fishes in our territorial waters are con- 
cerned, we can thus show the gratifying state of affairs that an 
