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SOLE AND FLOUNDER FISHERIES. 
No. 118. Pseudorhombus cinnamoneus, Schleg. 
20-Hiramé). 
No. 119. Ps. olivaceus, Schleg. 
No. 120. Parophrys cornuta, Schleg. (/ap. Meita-Gare?). 
Pleuronectes scutifer, Schleg. (Jap. Ishi-Garet). 
No. 122. Pl. variegata, Schleg. (Jap. Hoshi-Gare?). 
Plagusia Japonica, Schleg. (Jap. Ushinoshita-Garet). 
Alcoholic specimen. 
Beside these there are still many species of flat-fish in Japan, 
They are all bottom fishes and spawn mostly in winter. 
124. Map showing Distribution of Pseudorhombus olivaceus. 
APPARATUS FOR FISHING FOR SOLES AND 
FLOUNDERS. 
Both nets and lines are used; but the former, of which gill-nets, 
trawls, and dredges are employed, are the chief means by which 
most of the market fish are obtained. The lines are either the 
(Jap. Kan- 
(Jap. Hivame). 
Jong or the hand line. 
No. 125. Plaice Hand Line. 
This is a double coil line about fifty fathoms long bearing 
thirty pieces of lead each weighing about 2} oz. These pieces 
of lead serve to hold the line against the current. The distances 
between them grow less and less as we approach the hook. To 
the hook is attached a flat circular piece of lead, and beside this 
there is a long line for tying the bait, for which sardines, either 
fresh or salted, are used. 
126. Pole-traw] for Soles and Flounders (with drag-ropes). by , 
This form of trawl for flat-fish is used in the seas near the 
province of Owari. It consists of a pouch with two wings and a 
netting stretched between their upper margins. The pouch is 
about twenty-one feet long, and its meshes are from a little less 
than one inch and a half to about two inches. The wings are 
about thirty feet long, and their meshes are about two inches. In 
order to prevent any damage to the pouch, a hempen netting with 
meshes of about three inches and a half is spread below it. 
