200 
SOLE. 
Buglossus, or Solea, 
Pleuronectes solea, 
(I It 
Pleuronecte sole, 
Solea vulgaris, 
ft tf 
ft ft 
WinousHBY; p. 100, table f.7. 
LiNNiius. Bloch; pi. 45. 
Donovan; pi. 63. 
Lacepbde. E.ISSO. 
Feemino; Br. Animals, p. 196. 
Jentns; Manual, p. 466. 
Yaeebll; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 347. 
Gttnthee; Cat. Br. Museum, vol. iv, p. 
463, where it is classed in the section 
in which the pectoral fins of both sides 
are developed, and the nostrils of the 
blind side are not dilated. 
This, fish is one of the most common and abundant of the 
British fiatfishes, as it also is among the most esteemed at 
luxurious tables. Its haunts are generally in sand or gravelly 
ground, and in deeper water than what is frequented by the 
Plaice and Flounder; although it is also said to come into the 
fresh water of tidal rivers, and even to thrive there. The range 
of the Sole in the ocean is very wide, since they are not only 
known round the British Island, but much further northward 
in the ocean, and through the Baltic, as well as through the 
extent of the Mediterranean, and southward even to the Cape 
of Good Hope; where, however, it is considered a rare fish. 
The large number of Soles which are caught in the United 
Kingdom may be judged from the fact that the average amount 
of those which were yearly brought to the London ^Market in 
the early part of the present century was ninety-seven millions, 
and those which were sold in other pai-ts of the kingdom must 
have been proportionally great; but there seems little doubt that 
in consequence of such destruction the fishery at this time is 
much less productive. By far the greatest numbers are caught 
