FLAT-FISHES. 
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One of the most esteemed of British fishes is 
found in this genus, the Turbot {Rhombus maxi- 
mus, Linn.); which is also one of the largest 
species of the Family. In form it is nearly 
square, the head and tail being at opposite angles. 
Two feet in diagonal diameter may be considered 
as a fair size ; but individuals are sometimes 
TURBOT BOAT OFF SCARBOROUGH. 
found much larger. Rondelet states that he has 
seen one five cubits (or seven and a half feet) in 
length, four in breadth, and a foot in thickness. 
Mr. Couch notices one which weighed seventy 
pounds, taken in 1730, near Plymouth; and an- 
other is said to have been taken in 1832, near 
Whitby, weighing a hundred and ninety pounds. 
The left or upper side is of a dark brown hue, 
