. Natural history of the fishes of Massachusetts, embracing a practical essay on angling . which are so common on soundings, as the coastof New England is approached. In the vicinity 216 PLEURONECTES, of Cape Cod, the largest brought to market aresuccessfully taken with the line. They are some-times really enormous in size, weighing five hun-dred pounds. Plaise,— Platessa Vulgaris. The plaise,much resembling the flounder, is not recognised,generally, as a different fish. It may be known TAE by small yellowish spots dotted over the fish is uncommonly thin and broad, and hassm
. Natural history of the fishes of Massachusetts, embracing a practical essay on angling . which are so common on soundings, as the coastof New England is approached. In the vicinity 216 PLEURONECTES, of Cape Cod, the largest brought to market aresuccessfully taken with the line. They are some-times really enormous in size, weighing five hun-dred pounds. Plaise,— Platessa Vulgaris. The plaise,much resembling the flounder, is not recognised,generally, as a different fish. It may be known TAE by small yellowish spots dotted over the fish is uncommonly thin and broad, and hassmall tubercles, six in number, near the left eye. On the authority of Mr Simon E. Green, an ic-thyologist, we are inclined to suppose a fish calledthe ^e«r/, of Boston, which he assures us he hasinspected, and compared with a plate, is thatwhich is named the American turbot, or , however, never seen the pearl, we areunable to decide how much they differ from theEuropean. A gentleman whose observations are HYPOGLOSSUS. 217 to be credited, assures us that he cannot per-ceive the least possible difference between theturbot of this country and that taken on the Brit-ish shores ; and the testimony of an intelligentfisherman, residing on Lovells Island, fully cor-roborates the statement of the gentleman refer-red to. William Ladd, Esq. of Maine, the distinguish-ed advocate of the Peace society, informed us thatwhen the English fleet visited Boston, and heldpossession of the town, in t
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