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nil'POGLOSSTJS. 
When the vent lies toward the observer, the eye8_ are directed 
toward the right; a double row of teeth in the upper jaw; no teeth 
in the palate; gape. wide. The dorsal fin begins above the eye; lateral 
line arched at its beginning. 
HOLIBUT. 
LADYFLUKE. 
Willoughby; p. 99, pi. f. 6. 
LiNNiEus. Donovan; pi. 75. 
Lacepede. 
Fleming; British Animals, p. 199. 
Jenyns; Manual, p. 460. 
Yabhell; British Fishes, vol. ii., 
p. 323. 
Gunther; Catalogue Br. Museum, 
Hi^poglossus, 
Fleuronectes hippoglossvs, 
Pleuronecte fletan, 
Ilippoglossus vulgaris, 
Pd.id,lfClUit/ XUUU.J ULll/ Y? lAVi>J-A o 
are not esteemed for the table with ns— except perhaps the 
head, which is represented as being a delicacy. But ui Green- 
land, where it is common, this fish is greatly valued; and this, 
perhaps, for the very properties which cause it to be general y 
banished from fashionable tables in Britain; and by fishermen 
of those northern regions a regular arrangement is practised lor 
procuring it. This we learn from Lacepede, who particularly 
