THE TURBOT. Si 5 
rapidity of the current preventing them at any other 
time 
The bait moil: fuccefsfully ufed for all kinds of ground 
fifh, is herring, which ate caught at all times during 
winter and fpring in the Channel. Next to herrings, the 
lelfer lamprey is the moil approved bate : The latter are 
frequently carried by laud from Tadcajlcr , at great ex- 
pence ; for though the flounders of fome kinds are ex- 
tremely voracious, they are l’o remarkably delicate with 
regard to a baited hook, that if a piece of herring has 
teen twelve hours out of the water, they will not touch 
it f. 
Of this genus there are no lefs than ten fpecies known 
to frequent our ihores : vix. the plaife, the common 
flounder, the dab, the fmear dab, the foie, the fmooth foie, 
the pearl, and the whiff : They are of various reputation 
as an article of food, and of every fize, from half a pound 
to three hundred. 
* Brit. Zoology. 
f Brit. Zool, Genus 23. 
