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FLOUNDER
tended 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
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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.
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