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FLOUNDER duration, and may take place during any of the first six months of the year. A great number of eggs are laid, and these are so light that, instead of sinking, they float on the surface of the sea. The young fry are

at first kept going by the absorption of the remaining yolk, but in a few weeks the perfect little Flounder finds itself in an immense world of life in which, perchance, it may be destined to play no unimportant part. 113