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Fishes. 
adjacent counties. They are found also in the Mediter- 
ranean and several other seas, and, when in season, are 
in great requisition for the most luxurious tables. The 
upper part of the body is brown ; the under part white ; 
one of the pectoral fins is tipped with black, the sides 
are yellow, and the tail rounded at the extremity. It is 
said that the small Soles, caught in the northern seas, 
are 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 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, the}^ have been known to feed 
on shell-fish, although they are furnished with no appa- 
ratus whatever in their mouth which would seem to be 
adapted for reducing these to a state calculated for 
digestion. 
THE SALMON-PINK, BEANDLING, PAE, 
SKEGGEE. 
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This brilliant little fish is the smallest of the salrno7iidce, 
and is only found in rivers frequented by salmon ; for 
whenever a river becomes deserted by them, the samlet 
also disappears. This fish is considered to be the fry 
