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of a much superior taste to the large ones, which the 
southern and western coasts afford. 
This fish has also the quality of keeping sweet and 
good for several days, even in hot weather, and it is 
thought to acquire a more delicate flavour by being thus 
kept. On this account it is that Soles in the London 
markets are frequently more esteemed than those which 
are cooked immediately after they are taken out of the sea. 
In the economy of flat fish, we have an account of one 
circumstance which is very remarkable: among various 
other marine productions, they have been known to feed 
on shell-fish, although they are furnished with no appa- 
ratus whatever in their mouth for reducing these to a 
state calculated for digestion. 
THE SALMON (Salmo solar,) 
Is the boast of large rivers, and one of the noblest inha- 
bitants of the sea, if we esteem it by its bulk, colour, and 
